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Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, passed an ordinance Monday to cap increases in commercial property assessments at 15%, but its unclear how the measure will affect 2025s property assessments.

Ordinance 5990 is in direct reaction to some commercial property values jumping by 100% or 400%.

The deadline for the assessor to change the 2025 assessed values has passed. Legislator Sean Smith said the Board of Equalization and the State Tax Commission can still make changes to this years values.

Smith said the ordinance essentially asks those entities to intervene, but the county doesnt have any authority over them.

This isnt political, to be clear, Smith said. It is intended to give hope where they might otherwise feel no hope. What I would say is, if a business o

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