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Indiana Tax Court Rejects Assessor’s Income Analysis And Allocated Purchase Price Information In Affirming Assessment Reductions...

In a pair of decisions issued on September 30 and December 3, 2015, the Indiana Tax Court upheld the 2006 to 2010 assessment reductions for an Indianapolis shopping center. In Marion County Assessor v. Gateway Arthur, Inc.,...more

12/23/2015 / Burden of Proof , Property Tax , Shopping Centers , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Indiana Tax Court Reverses Property Tax Ruling Based on Assessor’s “Trial by Ambush”

Even in a small claims proceeding, the Indiana Board of Tax Review must “uphold the fundamental tenet of our judicial system that neither party be subjected to a trial by ambush.” In RJK Trust v. LaPorte County Assessor...more

10/6/2015 / Abuse of Discretion , Appraisal , Discovery , Property Tax , Small Claims Court , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Indiana Tax Court Upholds Residential Land Value

On September 9, 2015, the Indiana Tax Court upheld the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s decision affirming an assessor’s residential land valuation. In Cooper v. Allen County Assessor, Homeowners argued that the March 1, 2012,...more

9/14/2015 / Administrative Hearings , County Assessors , Property Owners , Property Valuation , Real Estate Transfers , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Indiana Tax Court Nullifies Retroactive Property Tax Assessments for Lack of Proper Notice

On May 12, 2015, the Indiana Tax Court ruled on the property tax appeals for two residential parcels owned by Property Development Company Four, LLC (the “Company”), which in 2003 bought two parcels in Grant County upon which...more

9/10/2015 / Petition For Rehearing , Property Tax , Real Estate Development , Retroactive Taxes , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Form 133 Petitions Could Not Be Used to Prove Zero Property Tax Assessments for Common Area Land

In a consolidated case involving more than two dozen appeals, the Indiana Tax Court on September 3, 2015, found in Pulte Homes of Indiana, LLC v. Hendricks County Assessor that the Indiana Board of Tax of Review properly...more

9/9/2015 / Burden of Proof , Burden-Shifting , Evidentiary Hearings , Property Tax , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Tax Court Refuses To Reweigh The Evidence, Affirming The Indiana Board Of Tax Review’s Final Determinations Of Land Value For A...

In a pair of related decisions issued July 2, 2015, the Indiana Tax Court once again emphasized that it will not reweigh the evidence on appeal from the final determinations of the Indiana Board of Tax Review....more

7/21/2015 / Appraisal , County Assessors , Final Judgment , Property Valuation , Tax Appeals , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Tax Court Shifts Burden Of Proof To Assessor But Upholds Commercial Land Assessment Based On Application Of The Indiana Guidelines

In Peters v. Boone County Assessor (May 14, 2015), Taxpayers challenged the assessment of land supporting an office building for the March 1, 2010 assessment date. The land was .16 acre, but the Assessor previously had only...more

6/24/2015 / Burden of Proof , County Assessors , Property Tax , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

The Assessment Of Common Area Land: Indiana Tax Court Rejects Taxpayers’ Appeals, General Assembly Creates A New Exemption

Indiana allows taxpayers to correct certain property tax assessment mistakes using a Form 133 Petition for Correction of an Error. In Muir Woods, Inc. v. Marion County Assessor (June 18, 2015), the Indiana Tax Court held...more

6/23/2015 / Appeals , Case Consolidation , Common Areas , County Assessors , New Legislation , Property Tax , Tax Assessment , Tax Court , Tax Exemptions

Racquet Club Argues For Lower Land Assessments That “Felt Right,” Loses Indiana Property Tax Appeals In Straight Sets

On August 21, 2014, the Indiana Tax Court in Indianapolis Racquet Club, Inc. v. Marion County Assessor, Cause No. 49T10-1201-TA-1, affirmed the 2002 assessment of a tennis club situated on three contiguous parcels and...more

8/25/2014 / Property Tax , Tax Assessment , Tax Court

Indiana Condominium Owners Failed To Show Their Unit Suffered From Obsolescence Or Was Valued Higher Than Comparable Properties

In Kamenova v. Marion County Assessor, Cause No. 49T10-1108-TA-49 (June 4, 2014), Owners of a condominium unit argued the unit’s 2006 assessment was too high due to the negative impact of excessive noise, foul odors, and...more

6/30/2014 / Condominiums , Property Valuation , Tax Assessment

Indiana homeowner failed to prove lack of uniformity in the assessment of his property

Indiana’s burden-shifting statute doesn’t apply to uniformity claims, the Tax Court ruled in a recent decision in which it also held the Owner failed to show that the assessment of his home was non-uniform with those of other...more

5/8/2014 / Appeals , Burden of Proof , Burden-Shifting , Property Tax , Property Valuation , Tax Assessment , Uniformity

The Eagles have not Landed an Indiana Property Tax Exemption for Lodge

On March 18, 2014, the Indiana Tax Court clipped the wings of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3988, affirming the denial of a property tax exemption for its lodge in Mooresville as of the March 1, 2006 assessment date. In...more

3/19/2014 / Charitable Purpose , Property Tax , Tax Assessment , Tax Exemptions

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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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