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The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (“Appellate Court”) in a February 21st Opinion addressed a tax assessment issue involving a solar array. See Polseno Properties Management, LLC v. Keeble, 2023 WL 2125824. The question...more
Property tax, or ad valorem tax, is a fact of life for people and businesses in Texas. As one of the few states in the United States without income tax, Texas counties rely on property tax as a source of revenue to pay for...more
On March 19, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order extending the filing deadline for local property tax appeals from the original April 1st deadline to at least May 1st, and possibly beyond. Per the order, the...more
Cuyahoga County and 18 other Ohio counties recently completed the state-mandated six-year reappraisal of all real property in those counties. In Cuyahoga County, across all property types, values rose overall by an average of...more
A recent decision by the South Carolina Administrative Law Court (ALC) highlights many of the valuation issues that can arise when property is appraised by a county assessor. In Taylor v. Aiken County Assessor, S.C. Admin....more
Recently, an Illinois Court of Appeals issued a decision mandating disclosure of assessment records from the Cook County Assessor’s Office to the Chicago Tribune under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)....more
Michigan’s 2017 property tax assessment notices are in the mail. Should you appeal? Local assessors are in the process of sending annual notices of real and personal property tax assessments to property owners/taxpayers,...more
At the end of 2016, the Illinois appellate court reversed and remanded a PTAB decision that excluded one party’s evidence because the appraiser who authored the appraisal died prior to the hearing. The case at issue, 1411...more
The Jefferson County Tax Assessor’s office mailed real property valuation notices on May 11, 2016. ...more
When does the burden of proof shift to the Assessor in a property tax appeal? These recent Indiana Board of Tax Review rulings address that question. The Indiana Board of Tax Review (IBTR) addresses Indiana’s burden-shifting...more
As The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center was gearing up for it’s New Year’s Eve celebration, on December 31, 2014, the Appellate Division (Third Department) handed down a decision in Village Square of Penna, Inc. v Board of...more
Those who pay property tax in Pennsylvania have an annual opportunity to appeal the assessed value of property. Deadlines for these appeals vary by county, but most are either August 1 or September 1, so now is the time to...more
Indiana’s burden-shifting statute doesn’t apply to uniformity claims, the Tax Court ruled in a recent decision in which it also held the Owner failed to show that the assessment of his home was non-uniform with those of other...more