I don’t know the answer so if you know I’d love to get some information on it. The Mt Airy Casino and Resort opened last October (2007) and there was talk of some of the money that was being collected would be used for local tax cuts, with the majority going to the state for their use.
In a January 2008 article by McCall.com they state the following “The state will continue collecting its tax from Mount Airy — a portion of the tax is devoted to reducing school property taxes. Other profits will be held in an escrow account until the charges are resolved.” “Charges” being perjury charges against owner Louis DeNaples. So does that mean that their has been money set aside for local tax cuts but that it won’t be put into effect until everything gets resolved?
According to the Pocono Record there has been money collected: “Slot revenues across the state fell about 1 percent to $391 million last week, while generating about $17 million in gaming tax revenue. Mount Airy produced $32,027 in local county tax revenues from gaming during the same period. Since it opened, Mount Airy has generated $ 924,924.69 in direct gaming revenues for the county.”
Hmmm…
So I called Don Mader, our local tax collector, and asked if they knew anything about it. The woman I spoke to said that as far as she knew nothing had been put into effect and if anything would happen I should expect to see a reduction on the August tax bill. She stated that its the school districts who would handle it, not the township but that she had no other information.
I had read something at one point that said that as a home owner I would need to contact my tax collector, not the other way around, to sign up for a reduction. That sounded pretty out of place to me, but I figured if that was the policy that I better figure out how to get it done sooner rather then later.
I’ll admit I’m clueless…I know a lot about a lot of different subjects but I don’t even know where to begin investigating this. If anyone has more information, let me know!
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