Why Should Delaware Care? Many residents have been outraged by the increases in their property tax burden following the first comprehensive reassessment in decades. With payments due by Sept. 30, state lawmakers are heading back to Dover in August to try to provide some relief.
Following outrage over recent property tax increases, Delaware lawmakers have floated several proposals that they may consider when they reconvene for a surprise special legislative session on Aug. 12.
The proposals follow what many residents, particularly in New Castle County, have described as sticker shock from tax increases that came as a result of the first property reassessments to occur in decades in Delaware — a state well-known for its low taxes…