Tax credit notices confusing some county residents

Postcards sent to Nebraska property owners announcing their 2015 tax credits are causing some confusion for taxpayers.

Cheyenne County Treasurer Diane Scott said the tax credits are not new but this is the first time postcards have been mailed. The notices were signed by Gov. Pete Ricketts and Galen Hadley, the Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature.

"We have fielded many phone calls about how the taxpayer is going to receive their refund," Scott said in a media release.

Since 2007, when the tax credit program was established, the specific credit received by property owners in Cheyenne County has...