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Allegheny County Moves Tax Appeal Deadline to October 1 - Limited Time for Assessment Relief

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In Allegheny County, tax appeal season has already begun for 2025. For every tax year, County property owners have the ability to file an assessment appeal. ...more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

How to Make “Just Compensation” More “Just” for Displaced Homeowners

Last summer, I wrote a blog about why just compensation—which is based on the ‘objective’ standard of what a property would sell for on the open market—shortchanges residential property owners subjected to eminent domain. In...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

March 13 Public Hearing on Bills of Interest to Commercial Property Owners and Taxpayers in Connecticut

The Connecticut General Assembly's Planning and Development Committee will be holding a public hearing on March 13 at 10:00 a.m. on the following bills of interest to commercial property owners and taxpayers...more

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Assessors Allowed to Use “Anticipated” Vacancy in Making Assessments

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Developer beware! In Wisconsin, assessors may use an “anticipated” vacancy in making assessments. Veritas Village LLC, the owner of a property with 189 apartments in Madison, contested the city's assessment of its property at...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Lower 2024 Ratio - New Opportunities for Reducing Your Property Tax Assessment

In Allegheny County, tax appeal season has begun for 2024. Every year, County property owners have the ability to file an assessment appeal. But this year there are unique opportunities for an assessment reduction....more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

Board of Assessment Appeals – Filing Deadline Resolved

As readers of this blog probably know, a property tax appeal is initiated by filing a petition with a municipality’s Board of Assessment Appeals.  Typically, the appeal must be filed with the Board no later than February 20. ...more

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What to Do If You Disagree with Your FY2024 Massachusetts Assessment

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January 1 is the date when most third quarter tax bills are mailed in Massachusetts; therefore, under M.G.L. Chapter 59, the majority of abatement applications must be filed with local assessors’ offices on or before...more

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Industrial Owners Seeking Fair Tax Treatment Should Differentiate Personal Property From Real Estate Values

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North Carolina taxes both real estate and personal property, but differing valuation schedules and processes for the two types can lead to confusion and inflated tax bills for industrial property owners. Understanding how...more

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City of Norwalk 2023 Revaluation

The City of Norwalk, the sixth largest city in Connecticut, is near to completion of its 2023 real property revaluation.  This revaluation is a “full measure and list” revaluation – meaning that it incorporates the results of...more

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2023 Municipal Revaluations in Connecticut

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A large number of Connecticut municipalities are conducting revaluations as of October 1, 2023.  A notice containing the proposed new assessment of your property will be mailed before the end of this year. ...more

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Am I Entitled to Indemnification? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - September 29, 2023

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Ohio- Conversion- Bradford v. A Star Properties, LLC, 9th Dist. Summit No. 2023-Ohio-3451- In this appeal, the Ninth Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant defendants judgment on a claim for...more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

Why condemnors should pay property owners’ attorney fees in eminent domain cases (and a 50-state survey on the issue)

In my last blog, I wrote about the shortcomings of compensating displaced property owners based on the ‘objective’ standard of the market value of their property.  That standard ignores the owners’ ‘subjective’ losses, such...more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

When Market Value Isn’t Enough: The Pitfalls of Objectively Measured Just Compensation

When we take on an eminent domain case, our primary goal is to put our client in the best position possible.  In some cases, that means fighting the taking itself, as my dad (and boss) did in the well-known Wayne County v....more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

In cases involving partial takings of easements, just compensation must be based on the condemnor’s maximum possible use of the...

Our office routinely handles utility takings, which often involve partial takings of easements for transmission lines or pipelines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Practical Effect of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

Under New York law, when real property has multiple owners who hold the property as tenants in common, any one co-owner can try to force the sale of the property by filing a partition under Article 9 of the Real Property...more

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Here Comes the Sun: Common Considerations for Solar Installation Agreements

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In recent years, environmental concerns, skyrocketing electricity costs, and tax incentives have led to a boom in both residential and commercial use of solar panels. Stated differently, the masses have flocked to solar not...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

State Supreme Court Decision Results in Continued Taxing Body Appeals

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GM Berkshire Hills LLC v. Berks County Board of Assessment (2023 Pa. LEXIS 272, February 28, 2023) – – Split Supreme Court Ruling Enables Taxing Body Assessment Appeals Based on Recent Sales to Remain - Counties, schools...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Could A Tax Assessment Appeal Save You Money? If so, you Must Act Now!

The system of real estate taxation in Pennsylvania is quite complex, resulting in many owners of commercial, industrial, or residential properties paying more than their “fair share” of real estate taxes. ...more

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Take that, federal Sixth Circuit! Ohio Supremes reject “takings” claims against county tax foreclosures

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The see-sawing of emotions among advocates for county land banking activities in Ohio continued this week, with hopes again rising upon a favorable decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio. On April 4, 2023, the Court...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Time to Clean Up Your Real Property Tax Value - Deadline to Take Advantage of New Property Tax Law is Quickly Approaching

A taxpayer who believes the county assessment is too high, or that the value of their property declined, may contest the valuation and reduce the taxes owed by establishing a lower valuation is warranted. This often includes...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Splits Over Tax Appeals

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Summary - The recent 3 – 3 split by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in GM Berkshire Hills LLC v Berks County Board of Assessment and Wilson School District leaves in place a school district’s ability to target recently sold...more

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Calculating Condemnation Interest Rates – California & Nevada

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The payment of “just compensation” for the taking of private property includes more than merely writing a check to the property owner after a jury determines the current fair market value of the taking. A property owner is...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Lower 2023 Ratio, Court Case on 2022 Ratio, Extended Appeal Filing Period - New Opportunities for Lowering Your Property Tax...

In Allegheny County, tax appeal season has begun for 2023. Every year, County property owners have the opportunity to file an assessment appeal.  But this year there are unique opportunities for an assessment reduction....more

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Understanding the Tax Implications of Eminent Domain Proceeds When Property is Condemned

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One of the issues that comes up frequently in eminent domain is whether the proceeds a property or business owner will receive from the government is treated as ordinary income, capital gains or is exempt from federal and/or...more

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2022 Municipal Revaluations in Connecticut

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Please note:  This alert was originally published on 09/28/2022 and was updated on 11/17/2022. A large number of Connecticut municipalities are conducting  revaluations as of October 1, 2022.  ...more

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