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Time For Superior Court Revaluation Appeals Is Running Out

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/3/2013

Most boards of assessment appeals have mailed notices of their decisions, or are about to do so, to property owners who challenged their October 1, 2012 revaluation assessments this past winter....more

Understanding the Basics of Philadelphia's New Actual Value Initiative

by George Kroculick, Michael J. McCalley | Duane Morris LLP on 3/28/2013

Originally published in The Legal Intelligencer on March 27, 2013. The city of Philadelphia's new property tax program is coming and your assessment is likely going up, but it is not all bad news. Still, commercial...more

Does The January 1, 2013, Assessment Represent Your Property’s Fair Value?

by Marie-Pierre Gauthier, Pierre Huard | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 2/25/2013

Dans certaines municipalités, un nouveau rôle triennal pour les années 2013, 2014 et 2015 est entré en vigueur le 1er janvier 2013. Vous avez reçu un avis d’évaluation établissant la nouvelle valeur de votre immeuble. Si vous...more

Commonwealth Court Opinion Contains Important Lessons for Property Owners

by Randy Varner | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/22/2013

On January 23, a panel of the Commonwealth Court in Krohn v. Snyder County Board of Assessment Appeals, Nos. 116 and 117 C.D. 2012 (January 23, 2013), overturned an attempt by Snyder County to reassess a two acre tract of...more

Commonwealth Court Confirms Use of Appeal Filing Date as Valuation Date for Real Estate Assessment Appeals

by Timothy J. Horstmann | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/18/2013

The Commonwealth Court has held that the proper date of valuation in an Allegheny County assessment appeal is the appeal filing date, not the first day of the tax year under appeal. The school district had appealed the...more

Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Philadelphia's Actual Value Initiative Assessments Are in the Mail

by George Kroculick, Michael J. McCalley | Duane Morris LLP on 2/15/2013

Today, the Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment (OPA) begins mailing out the new "Actual Value Initiative" (AVI) reassessment figures to every property owner within the city. The new assessments are intended to reflect...more

PA Tax Law News - February 2013

by James Fritz, Timothy J. Horstmann, Megan F. Luck, Sharon R. Paxton, Randy Varner | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/15/2013

In This Issue: PA Governor Proposes Corporate Tax Cuts; Add-Back Legislation Reintroduced; PA Supreme Court Issues Business/Nonbusiness Income Decision; Philadelphia Property Reassessments; Commonwealth Court Addresses...more

New Jersey Property Tax Appeal Time

by Susan Feeney, Frank Ferruggia, Daniel Zazzali | McCarter & English, LLP on 2/15/2013

It is property tax appeal season in New Jersey. If you own or lease commercial, residential and/or investment property in New Jersey, now is the time to review whether you should file a 2013 appeal. ...more

Allegheny County Property Owners – Be on the Lookout for Notices Changing Assessments for Tax Years 2012 and 2013; and April 1,...

by Dusty Kirk, Peter Schnore | Reed Smith on 1/24/2013

Allegheny County’s Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review continues to hold hearings of tax appeals of the countywide reassessment figures, which are to be implemented for the first time in tax year 2013. In recent...more

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Time For Superior Court Revaluation Appeals Is Running Out

Understanding the Basics of Philadelphia's New Actual Value Initiative

Does The January 1, 2013, Assessment Represent Your Property’s Fair Value?

Commonwealth Court Opinion Contains Important Lessons for Property Owners

Commonwealth Court Confirms Use of Appeal Filing Date as Valuation Date for Real Estate Assessment Appeals

Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Philadelphia's Actual Value Initiative Assessments Are in the Mail

PA Tax Law News - February 2013

New Jersey Property Tax Appeal Time

Allegheny County Property Owners – Be on the Lookout for Notices Changing Assessments for Tax Years 2012 and 2013; and April 1,...

Challenging New York City Real Property Taxes

Important Rhode Island Filing Deadline Approaching for Appealing Property Tax Assessment

New Common Level Ratio Factor for Philadelphia May Mean Realty Transfer Tax Refunds

Assessment Revaluations Demand Owner Attention

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