Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt owes $6,820 in back taxes for a Georgetown home he owns with his wife, Roll Call is reporting.
The news comes after nearly a two-month review of the home's tax status.
The Missouri lawmaker and his wife, Abigail Perlman Blunt, own a three-bedroom Georgetown home valued at $1.62 million in tax assessment records.
According to public tax records and as reported earlier on Prime Buzz, the Blunts’ home had received the homestead tax deduction as recently as April, a benefit intended for full-time city residents that can shave hundreds of dollars off annual tax bills — and significantly more in the long term by limiting assessment increases.Public records show that the city has recalculated taxes dating to 2005.
The Blunt campaign said the Blunts were not charged a penalty or fees because the D.C. government has admitted this was its error.
“At the request of the property owner the homestead benefit has been removed, and a tax bill itemizing the deduction reversals has been mailed,” Natalie Wilson, a spokeswoman for the D.C. tax office, said Thursday.
The Missouri lawmaker blamed the home’s tax status on District officials, stating that he and his wife had sought to remove their homestead status in 2004, after Abigail Perlman Blunt became a Missouri resident.
“After five years of repeated requests, the D.C. government finally updated their records to accurately reflect the Blunts’ tax status,” Blunt spokesman Nick Simpson said.
Upside down story
The DC government finally did what the Blunts requested. The story is upside down.
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