Billings may lose $8.5 million in tax revenue because of property tax bills

Property tax bills pass legislature on final day

Despite declaring property tax relief to be “Job One” for the 2025 legislative session, it took state legislators until the very last day of the session to do it, and required two separate bills to pull it off.

Billings may lose $8.5 million in tax revenue because of property tax bills

The city of Billings is facing a possible money problem.The Montana Legislature voted to cut some property taxes, and that could hurt the citys budget.The city charter currently limits Billings' tax rate for property taxes.Earlier this week, the Legislature passed laws that allowed the city to increase that rate.This legislation that passed does give us a path forward for one year to basically reset that cap in our charter, said Andy Zoeller, ci…