School Districts, Property Tax, Tax Exemptions

Hospital Charitable Tax Exemption Upheld by Illinois Appellate Court

Franczek P.C. on 9/12/2023

Last month, in the case Carle Foundation v. Dept. of Revenue, the Fourth District Court of Appeals issued its latest decision regarding hospital property tax exemptions. The Court upheld a trial court judgment awarding the...more

Changes Coming to New Jersey Long-Term Tax Exemption Statute

Genova Burns LLC on 9/17/2019

Several bills affecting the long-term tax exemption statute are slowly making their way through the New Jersey Legislature. While each bill addresses different provisions of the statute, the common theme among them is one of...more

Illinois Supreme Court Finds Hospital Tax Exemption Constitutional

Franczek P.C. on 9/21/2018

Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Oswald v. Hamer marking the latest chapter in a controversy dating to 2003. The decision finds that Section 15-86 of the Illinois Property Tax Code, which provides a...more

Hospital and Homeowner Property Tax Exemptions Examined by Illinois Courts

Franczek P.C. on 10/26/2017

Illinois Courts are currently examining several different aspects of property tax exemptions, all of which impact the revenues of school districts and other units of local government. Most notably, the Illinois Supreme Court...more

Illinois Supreme Court Finds Special Exemption Unconstitutional

Franczek P.C. on 6/21/2016

Last Thursday the Illinois Supreme Court struck down a special property tax exemption for a single aeronautical services company operating out of the Quad City International Airport. As noted in the July 2015 FR Alert...more

Illinois Court Finds Special Property Tax Exemption Unconstitutional

Franczek P.C. on 7/29/2015

A property tax exemption designed to benefit a single aviation company was recently found unconstitutional by the Illinois Appellate Court. The exemption was only for fixed base operators (FBOs) providing aeronautical...more