1.

How much influence do you believe you can have over how property taxes are set? (5=much influence; 1=hardly any influence)

Answer # Responses % of Responses
156 / 10453.8 %
222 / 10421.2 %
311 / 10410.6 %
49 / 1048.7 %
56 / 1045.8 %
2.

How much influence do you believe you can have over how property taxes are used? (5=much influence; 1=hardly any influence)

Answer # Responses % of Responses
155 / 10452.9 %
222 / 10421.2 %
315 / 10414.4 %
48 / 1047.7 %
54 / 1043.8 %
3.

Please rate your knowledge about how property taxes are set. (5=know quite a lot; 1=hardly know anything)

Answer # Responses % of Responses
16 / 1035.8 %
225 / 10324.3 %
332 / 10331.1 %
422 / 10321.4 %
518 / 10317.5 %
4.

Please rate your knowledge about how property taxes are used. (5=know quite a lot; 1=hardly know anything)

Answer # Responses % of Responses
112 / 10311.7 %
220 / 10319.4 %
324 / 10323.3 %
433 / 10332 %
514 / 10313.6 %
5.

When I look at my truth-in-taxation statement:

Answer # Responses % of Responses
It helps me understand what I want to know about my property taxes13 / 10312.6 %
I understand it, but it doesn’t contain the information I want35 / 10334 %
Some of it is clear and some of it is confusing25 / 10324.3 %
I look only to see if my taxes are going up or down and ignore the rest of it16 / 10315.5 %
I don't even try to understand it7 / 1036.8 %
Other [View other]7 / 1036.8 %
6.

Which two of the following do you think are most responsible for establishing property tax levels? (Please circle two of the letters below.)

Answer # Responses % of Responses
City council42 / 20320.7 %
County commissioners57 / 20328.1 %
School board35 / 20317.2 %
State legislature42 / 20320.7 %
The public (through referenda)20 / 2039.9 %
Other [View other]7 / 2033.4 %
7.

Concerning how property taxes are set:

Answer # Responses % of Responses
I think it is a fair process22 / 10321.4 %
I think it is an unfair process51 / 10349.5 %
I wish I knew more30 / 10329.1 %
8.

Concerning how property taxes are set:

Answer # Responses % of Responses
Truth-in-taxation statement30 / 10329.1 %
Local government websites20 / 10319.4 %
Personal contact with public officials15 / 10314.6 %
Newspapers26 / 10325.2 %
Friends and neighbors3 / 1032.9 %
Other [View other]9 / 1038.7 %
9.

For me, the most credible source of information about property taxes is:

  • objective news reporting
  • A variety of sources are needed.
  • a friend who attends government meetings and loathes profligate spending and soaring taxes as much as I do
  • county website
  • tax statement and paying attention to government actions/meetings
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10.

What are you most hoping to gain from your experience on the Minnesota Property Tax Facts Web site?

  • possibilities for some property tax relief
  • Clarity
  • I wanted to compare property taxes in MN communities [...]
  • learn more
  • just curious.
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