Aid with tax forms available at Wood County fair

8/1/2007

BOWLING GREEN County Auditor Michael Sibbersen and his staff will be at the Wood County Fair this week to help taxpayers sign up for the new homestead exemption.

The new rule, which exempts the first $25,000 of market value of the taxpayer s principal residence, is available to property owners 65 and older and to younger homeowners who are permanently and totally disabled.

The auditor s office will set up shop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Senior Citizen s Tent and from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow in the township building at the fairgrounds.