News & Analysis as of September 19, 2024

Tax Appeals

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Property Taxes are taxes levied against the owner of property located within a particular jurisdiction. Property taxes are often used to refer to taxes on real property. Property taxation schemes vary depending on the country or jurisdiction. However, a popular system involves a government assessment of the value of a property and a rate based on a proportion of the assessed value. A property may be subject to taxation by multiple taxing entities. less -

Annual Assessment Appeal Deadlines in Pennsylvania are Quickly Approaching

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/7/2023

With large drops in common level ratios throughout Pennsylvania’s 67 counties from last year to this year, commercial or industrial property owners should be reviewing their assessed values for potential reductions for the...more

NJ – Property Tax Appeal Filing Deadline Extended To May 1st At The Earliest

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/23/2020

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

Will Using an LLC Mess Up a Property Tax Base Transfer Under California Law?

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP on 7/8/2019

Under California’s Proposition 60, which became enacted in 1986 as Revenue and Taxation Code section 69.5, any “person” over the age of 55 years may transfer the base year value of his or her residential property to any...more

Michigan Tax News - January 2017

Dickinson Wright on 2/1/2017

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

Court Rejects PTAB Decision for Excluding Evidence of Deceased Appraiser

Franczek P.C. on 1/18/2017

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

Proceed With Caution – Indiana Property Tax Appeals: Receipt Of Tax Bill Triggered Right To Appeal; Relevancy Objection Overruled;...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/22/2015

In Alvarado v. Lake County Assessor (Aug. 5, 2015), the Indiana Board of Tax Review considered a number of procedural and evidentiary issues in ruling on the 2012 assessment appeal for a residential property....more