October 1, 2016 Revaluations: If/When/How to Challenge Your Real Estate Property Assessment -
Connecticut municipalities are required to carry out a general revaluation of all real estate within their boundaries at least...more
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Interim “Watch Tower” Revaluation After High Sale Upheld -
The last citywide revaluation conducted by Milford was as of October 1, 2011. On that date, the residential property at 19 Beach Avenue was valued by the...more
Many Connecticut clients of the Pullman & Comley Property Tax Valuation Department own significant amounts of taxable personal property such as fixtures and furnishings, warehouse equipment and computer systems in addition to...more
"Celebrity" Value?
In 2004, in the quaint Fenwick borough of Old Saybrook, a developer purchased the beachfront summer home of the late actress Katharine Hepburn. The discovery of a discontinued road, which ran over...more
The Environment and Property Taxes -
It seems that many stakeholders are trying to deal with climate change.
Connecticut’s hundreds of miles of coastline along the Long Island Sound include many low-lying areas...more
Thorny Exemption Issue Discussed -
Limited Liability Company X owns property in the Town of Windham which it leases to Corporation Y. Both entities are tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code. Both entities...more
A number of Connecticut municipalities (see list at the end of this alert) plan to conduct revaluations effective October 1, 2014.
For those with commercial real property located in one of the communities on the list,...more
In a rather prosaic case involving the measurement of damage to an automobile after an accident, the defendant who caused the accident sought to dismiss the plaintiff’s action because “her car [had] been fully repaired and...more