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your homegrown newspaper August 20, 2025
Vol. 21, No. 50
$400 property tax rebates available to Montana homeowners through Oct. 1
New annex pg. 5
Eligible taxpayers can apply through the revenue department website. This article includes a link to the application. by Eric Dietrich, Montana Free Press
Jobs initiative pg. 8
Wildfire protection pg. 15
Montana homeowners have until Oct. 1 to apply for rebates of up to $400 on their 2024 property tax bills, relief that is one component of a bipartisan push by lawmakers and Gov. Greg Gianforte to address rising residential property taxes. According to the Montana Department of Revenue, the rebates are available for single-family homes, apartments, condos and mobile homes owned and occupied by Montana taxpayers for at least seven months in 2024. Properties owned by limited liability corporations and some types of trusts are ineligible. The Legislature also did not provide for rebates for
An office of the Montana Department of Revenue in downtown Helena.
renters, who typically pay their landlords’ property taxes via their rent. Taxpayers can apply for the rebate via the revenue department website at getmyrebate.mt.gov. The application requires the property owner’s name and Social Security number as well as the
property’s Montana Cadastral system geocode. Taxpayers who paid less than $400 in 2024 property taxes will also need to provide the amount of taxes billed on tax notice sent to them by their county treasurer last fall. Most larger Montana counties also offer an w w w.va l le yj our na l.net
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“iTax” service or other web system that lets the public look up tax bills by address or owner name. That list includes Yellowstone, Missoula, Cascade, Gallatin, Flathead and Lewis and Clark counties. The rebates were part of the second-home tax
and homestead tax relief package passed by the Legislature and signed by Gianforte, a Republican, earlier this year. Other provisions of the package rework tax calculations to reduce bills for owner-occupied and longsee page 2