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CATEGORY: TAXATION (22) [ Total entries: 56 ]
Description: Record of adjustment of tax as listed in tax digest
Retention: 7 years
Description: Inventory report form MVA-41
Retention: 3 years
Description: Reports of alcohol sold and amount of tax(as) paid; Alcoholic Beverage By the Drink Reports
Retention: 2 years or until audited
Updated: October 17, 2017
Description: Requests for exemption from property taxes based on status as a religious organization, non-profit, or government institution
Retention: 1 year
Description: Appeals by taxpayers for reconsideration of the assessed value of their property
Retention: 3 years
Description: Legal notices to taxpayers that their property will be reassessed for its tax value
Retention: 3 years
Description: Records relating to claims against bankrupt property owners for taxes due to local government
Retention: Dismissed cases: 3 years; Discharged cases: 5 years
Description: Records documenting appeals by citizens to the Board of Tax Equalization
Retention: 3 years
Updated: October 17, 2017
Description: Reference listing of boats and owners form the state
Retention: 3 years
Description: Building permits maintained to aid in assessing property values for taxes
Retention: 5 years
Description: Tax commissioner's general book of accounts
Retention: 7 years after audit
Description: Record indicating receipt of real, personal, intangible and other taxes into county treasury
Retention: 7 years after end of Term of Office
Description: Documents relating to collecting and accounting for tax and license fee monies
Retention: Retain until audited
Description: Assessments of taxes to be paid by banking institutions in lieu of state income taxes
Retention: 5 years
Description: Records of total taxes collected by county
Retention: 5 years
Description: Annual resolution fixing tax rates
Retention: Permanent
Description: Reports generated to complete PL-65
Retention: 2 years or until state and county audit, whichever is later
Description: Worksheets recording each day's tax collections by category
Retention: 5 years
Description: Record notifying taxpayer of delinquent payment of tax
Retention: 7 years
Description: Records of taxes paid and amounts still owed
Retention: 15 years
Description: Worksheets recording distribution by category (personal, real, etc.) and Levying Authority (district or entity)
Retention: 7 years after audit
Description: Rental Motor Vehicle, Hotel Motel tax collected by municipal government.
Retention: 5 years
Updated: October 17, 2017
Description: Working papers relating to tax reductions for each property owner
Retention: 1 year after recorded on Home Exemption Application
Description: Listing of aircraft registrations
Retention: 3 years
Description: Preliminary action against taxpayers for delinquent taxes
Retention: 7 years whether entered on GED or not
Description: Financial instruments providing security for debts
Retention: 1 year after expiration of mortgage
Description: Report of county gas tax collection
Retention: 7 years
Description: Requests for exemption from property taxes in compliance with the Homestead Exemption Act
Retention: 3 years after expired
Description: List of taxes uncollectible
Retention: 7 years
Description: Records on taxes collected from insurance companies
Retention: 5 years
Description: Record of intangible taxe due and paid
Retention: 3 years
Description: MVA-13 form.
Retention: 5 years
Description: Annual listing of real property in the county
Retention: Retain for useful life
Description: Appllications for tax reductions on mobile homes
Retention: 2 years
Description: PT-40 Application forms
Retention: 5 years
Description: Reports of taxes owed and collected from hotel operations
Retention: 5 years
Description: Record accounting for daily tax fee collections and disbursements
Retention: 7 years
Description: MV-1 through MV-3 forms. Registration for passenger cars, motorcycles, buses, trucks, and trailers
Retention: 3 years
Description: Adjustments and relief orders explaining why a tax record was not recorded in the tax digest
Retention: 14 years
Description: Receipts for full payment of property taxes
Retention: 3 years
Description: Report showing bill number, taxpayer's name, amount of tax, date paid, and allocation of monies collected
Retention: 3 years
Description: Tax appraiser's worksheets to establish property values for tax purposes
Retention: 2 years after superseded
Description: Current assessed values for personal property
Retention: 7 years after property is sold
Description: Record of value for personnally owned property such as boats, equipment, and businesses
Retention: 7 years
Description: Tax history of each parcel of land in the county
Retention: Permanent
Description: MVA-12 form. Record informing the Department of Revenue of vehicle transfers of ownership
Retention: 5 years
Description: Analysis of the sale of property as compared to the tax value of property
Retention: 10 years
Description: Applications for homestead exemption from property owners aged 62 or more
Retention: 2 years
Description: Record of additions to or removals from the tax digest because of errors
Retention: 7 years
Description: List of taxpayers and assessed value of real and personal property
Retention: 14 years
Description: Requests for credit allowance pertaining to liabilities shown on the tax digest
Retention: 15 years
Description: Record of land and lot sales for delinquent taxes
Retention: 7 years
Description: Newspaper advertisements for sale of property for tax reasons
Retention: 15 years
Description: Record of property sold for delinquent taxes including advertisements
Retention: Permanent
Description: Ledgers and journals showing details of daily tax receipts for either or both real estate or personal property taxes
Retention: 5 years
Description: Reports listing delinquent taxpayers
Retention: 30 days or until updated
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