Truth in Taxation
"Truth in taxation" (TnT) is a process first enacted by the legislature in 1988 to enhance public participation in Minnesota’s property tax system.
The TnT process consists of these three components:
- Each local government is required to formally adopt a “proposed levy” in September for the upcoming year; the final levy, when ultimately adopted, may not exceed the proposed levy.1
- County auditors generate parcel-specific notices of proposed taxes for all parcels of property based on the proposed levies.
- Each local government is required to hold a public meeting after the notices come out where budget and tax issues are discussed, and where public testimony must be allowed, prior to adopting its final levy.
| Certified Levy Information |
| 2023 & Proposed 2024 Levy Information |
| Levy Information | |||
| Taxing Authority | 2023 Actual | 2024 Proposed | % Change |
| Cottonwood County | 11,993,021.00 | 12,802,550.00 | 6.75% |
| City of Bingham Lake | 135,000.00 | 135,000.00 | 0.00% |
| City of Comfrey | 317,105.00 | 330,000.00 | 4.07% |
| City of Jeffers | 206,467.00 | 206,467.00 | 0.00% |
| City of Moutain Lake | 975,526.00 | 1,023,780.00 | 4.95% |
| City of Storden | 104,550.00 | 109,500.00 | 4.73% |
| City of Westbrook | 497,498.00 | 559,480.00 | 12.46% |
| City of Windom | 2,426,118.00 | 2,564,542.00 | 5.71% |
| Amboy Township | 75,000.00 | 75,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Amo Township | 90,000.00 | 90,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Ann Township | 80,000.00 | 80,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Carson Township | 75,000.00 | 90,000.00 | 20.00% |
| Dale Township | 85,000.00 | 95,000.00 | 11.76% |
| Delton Township | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Germantown Township | 80,000.00 | 80,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Great Bend Township | 95,000.00 | 95,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Highwater Township | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Lakeside Township | 50,000.00 | 90,000.00 | 80.00% |
| Midway Township | 115,000.00 | 125,000.00 | 8.70% |
| Mountain Lake Township | 85,000.00 | 85,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Rosehill Township | 85,000.00 | 85,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Selma Township | 58,000.00 | 58,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Southbrook Township | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Springfield Township | 90,000.00 | 90,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Storden Township | 85,000.00 | 85,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Westbrook Township | 110,000.00 | 110,000.00 | 0.00% |
| Comfrey ISD 81 | 303,732.00 | 283,902.00 | -6.53% |
| Mountain Lake ISD 173 | 2,414,203.00 | 2,519,812.00 | 4.37% |
| Windom ISD 177 | 4,329,643.00 | 4,316,447.00 | -0.30% |
| Heron Lake Okabena ISD 330 | 1,097,512.00 | 1,137,746.00 | 3.67% |
| Fulda ISD 505 | 1,311,213.00 | 1,299,632.00 | -0.88% |
| Red Rock Central ISD 2884 | 3,241,586.00 | 3,267,616.00 | 0.80% |
| Westbrook ISD 2898 | 1,028,732.00 | 1,285,501.00 | 24.96% |