California buyers have flocked to Montana in recent years, snapping up vacation homes and mountain retreats across Big Sky Country. Today, they collectively own more than $9.5 billion in Montana ...

A plume of smoke from the Remington Fire in southern Montana during sunset on Aug. 25 (Photo from the House Draw Fire Command via Inciweb). In a recent study of properties at risk for wildfire, ...

HELENA, Mont. — Homeowners across Montana received a nasty shock in the mail last month, coming in the form of state property reappraisal notices that generally indicated the 2023 valuations used to ...

The property tax rebate can be applied for either through the online portal set up by the state or by paper form. The deadline for the applications is Oct. 1. Montana taxpayers must have owned and ...

Homestead tax treatment claimed by Gov. Greg Gianforte for his longtime Bozeman property requires owners to occupy the property as a “principal residence.” The Montana Constitution requires governors ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The application period for Montana’s new property tax rebate is open. The refund is for up to $675 of taxes paid on a principal residence for the 2022 tax year. Claims for the 2022 ...

Montana homeowners’ property taxes were complicated before the 2025 Legislature convened in January. Now they’re, according to one state senator, the “most complicated” in the nation. Yep, you read ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — Just how hard do Montana cities, counties, and school districts lean on residential ...

Californians who own properties in Montana stand to shoulder a heavier tax burden as a result of a new bill which will increase property taxes on second homes in the state, while offering relief to ...

Montana homeowners are now able to apply for a one-time tax rebate of up to $400, as the state rolls out more wide-reaching changes to its property tax laws. The application period began on Friday, ...

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But their tax contributions haven’t kept pace. In the most recent tax year, Californians accounted for just 3.54% of the state’s residential property tax revenue. That imbalance is now at the heart of ...