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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... more +
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 -
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Texas Property Tax Overview; Value Protests and Appeals

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Property tax is a major concern for Texas property owners, since it represents one of the most substantial expenses they face. In 2023, local taxing entities’ property tax collections totaled $82.1 billion, matching the total...more

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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

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Colorado Property Tax Appeals, Part 2

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Property taxes play a crucial role in supporting our local communities. The revenue generated from property taxes goes directly toward funding public schools, county governments, special districts, municipal governments, and...more

Maynard Nexsen

North Carolina Property Owners - New Property Valuations are out. How do I contest my valuation?

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Did you recently receive a real property revaluation notice? If you live in one of 21 counties across the state, the answer is yes! These counties revalued all of their commercial and residential property for ad valorem tax...more

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

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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

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New Indiana Statute Opens Door to Lower Property Tax Assessments for Apartments in 2024

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Indiana apartment owners and operators enter 2024 with new opportunities to lower their real property tax assessments. Under an updated law effective this year, Ind. Code § 6-1.1-4-39 (Section 39), for property tax assessment...more

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Board of Assessment Appeals – Filing Deadline Resolved

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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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Tax Appeal Filing Deadline Approaching: Review Your Philadelphia Property Tax Assessment

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If you are the owner of a commercial, industrial, retail, office, residential or other property in Philadelphia, now is the time to review the tax assessment for your property against its current market value. Today’s economy...more

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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

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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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Long Island Real Property Tax Alert - February 2023

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Nassau County Assessment Grievance Filing Deadline Extended to April 3, 2023. The last day to file a grievance to protest the real property tax assessment, which will determine your 2024/25 School and 2025 General taxes,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

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

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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

Pierce Atwood LLP

Now is the Time to Appeal Excessive 2022 Rhode Island Commercial Property Tax Assessment

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January 31, 2023 is the first of several deadlines that must be met in order to appeal your excessive property tax assessment. If you miss it, you will be foreclosed from bringing an appeal, or even effectively arguing that...more

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Six Steps Connecticut Property Owners Should Take in the Event of a Revaluation

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Stamford, Waterbury, Danbury are among 39 Connecticut municipalities conducting a general revaluation on the October 1, 2022 Grand List. Depending upon the municipality, property owners have either already received their...more

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What Businesses Need to Know About the 2023 Mecklenburg County Tax Revaluation

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Businesses that own real estate in Mecklenburg County should be on the lookout for an increase in their tax bills next year. Real estate is often a company’s most expensive asset, and annual property taxes can be a hefty sum....more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

2022 Connecticut Revaluations: Essentials for Evaluating Your Property Tax Assessment and Navigating An Appeal

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A large number of Connecticut municipalities began conducting revaluations as of October 1, 2022.  Important topics for taxpayers to consider include...more

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Upcoming 2022 Municipal Revaluations in Connecticut

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Connecticut municipalities are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2022. You may find the complete list of Connecticut municipalities conducting October 1, 2022 revaluations on the OPM website...more

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Allegheny County Court Issues Injunction Lowering Common Level Ratio Impacting Tax Assessments Appeals

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​​​​​​​Allegheny Court Judge Alan Hertzberg issued a preliminary injunction on September 1 lowering the common level ratio on real estate for 2020 sales of real property. Currently, the ratio in Allegheny County is 81.1. As a...more

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What, Exactly, Is the “Three-Year Average Rule” in Massachusetts?

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In most cases, in order to bring a tax appeal to the Appellate Tax Board in Massachusetts, taxpayers must have paid each tax installment for the relevant Fiscal Year in full, by the due date, and without incurring interest....more

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Lay Testimony in Property Tax Appeals

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“Because a tax appeal is heard de novo [Latin “anew”], a trial court judge is privileged to adopt whatever testimony he reasonably believes to be credible.”  Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Board of Tax Review, 241 Conn. 749, 755-56,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Ohio Significantly Changes Real Property Tax Valuation Procedures, Curtailing Local Governments’ Abilities To Initiate, Appeal,...

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A new Ohio law substantially changes the landscape for real property tax valuation challenges in the state. In general, it substantially curtails school districts’ rights to initiate and appeal property tax valuation...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Challenging Real Property Valuation under Ohio’s Property Tax Complaint Procedure and Ohio Revised Code § 5715.19

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Do you suspect your Ohio real estate may have been incorrectly valued? If so, you have the right to challenge this value under Ohio Revised Code § 5715.19. Per this statute, property values are challenged one year in...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Now is the Time to Appeal Excessive Rhode Island Commercial Property Tax Assessment

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January 31, 2022 is the first of several deadlines that must be met in order to appeal your excessive property tax assessment. If you miss it, you will be foreclosed from bringing an appeal, or even effectively arguing that...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Twelve Days of Property Tax Protections for Indiana Taxpayers – Day No. 4: Appraisals Not Required by Law to Win a Case

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Appraisals can be costly to prepare, in terms of dollars spent and time invested. Taxpayers would be at a disadvantage if they were compelled in every case to pay for appraisals to support claims of excessive assessments....more

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Twelve Days of Property Tax Protections for Indiana Taxpayers – Day No. 1: The 5% Burden Shifting Rule

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As we dive into the 2021 holiday season, I wanted to reflect over the next few weeks on a dozen (or so) gifts that have been given to Hoosier taxpayers by the Indiana General Assembly to protect them from excessive, unfair...more

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