Property Tax Lawsuit Unites Montanans Who Agree on Nothing Else
A lawsuit filed this week against Montana’s 2025 property tax overhaul has achieved something previously thought impossible in state politics: it has united a rancher from Roundup, a retired professor from Missoula, and a Big Sky homeowner in complete agreement.
They all think their property taxes are too high. Beyond that, they agree on absolutely nothing.
The suit, brought by a coalition of current and former state legislators, alleges that the complex property tax bill passed last session creates unequal burdens across property classes and fails to deliver the relief it promised. The plaintiffs describe the law as “confusing, inequitable, and approximately 240 pages longer than it needed to be.”