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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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Ohio General Assembly Makes Changes to Real Property Complaint Process

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Substitute House Bill 96 (H.B. 96), Ohio’s operating appropriations bill for fiscal years 2026 –-2027, was passed by the General Assembly on June 25, 2025 and signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on June 30, 2025. The...more

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Deadline to File Property Tax Appeals Approaches as Pennsylvania Increases Common Level Ratios

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If you own retail, office, industrial or other commercial property in Pennsylvania, now is the time to review the tax assessment for your property against its current market value. The increase in interest rates has caused...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Lower 2026 Ratio New Opportunities for Reducing Your Property Tax Assessment

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In Allegheny County, the tax appeal season will begin shortly for 2026. For every tax year, County property owners can file an assessment appeal. But allegedly, to continue providing certainty to taxpayers and taxing bodies...more

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Vermont Property Tax Appeals

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It’s property tax appeal season in Vermont—property tax grievance hearings typically occur between Mid-May and early June.  If your property has been re-assessed, you will receive a notice in the mail informing you of the new...more

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Suffolk County Sees an Eight Percent Average Increase in Equalized Values for 2025

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For most Towns and Cities throughout the State of New York, May 1st ushers in new assessment rolls and equalized market values for commercial and residential properties. As detailed in an earlier tax tracker (see: Assessment...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

New Connecticut Appeals Board for Property Valuation Proposed

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Senate Bill No. 1556 has been introduced proposing to create a new Connecticut Appeals Board for Property Valuation (the “Board”).  If the bill is adopted, the Board would be constituted this year to hear appeals from the...more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Castle County Council Introduces Ordinance to Extend Deadline to File a Property Tax Assessment Appeal

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Appeal deadline is currently March 14.  Council has introduced an ordinance to extend deadline to March 31, 2025.  The ordinance will not be considered until March 13....more

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Deadline for CT Real Property Tax Assessment Appeals is Feb. 20

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Property owners who wish to challenge their tax assessment believing that their property is overvalued on the Oct. 1, 2024, Grand List only have a couple of weeks left to file a written appeal with the Board of Assessment...more

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Annual Assessment Appeal Deadlines in Pennsylvania are Quickly Approaching

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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Michigan Tax News - January 2017

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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

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Court Rejects PTAB Decision for Excluding Evidence of Deceased Appraiser

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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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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

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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

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Deadlines for Pennsylvania Real Property Tax Appeals

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In view of market conditions, now is a good time to review your company’s real estate portfolio to consider assessment appeals for tax year 2016. Deadlines for appeal in certain Pennsylvania counties follow:...more

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Charitable Exemption Begins on Tax Assessment Day

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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that a trial court correctly held that a charitable exemption in Allegheny County begins only on the next assessment day, not when the property was acquired. Global Links v....more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

The NC Property Tax Appeal Process: Great Fun Every Eight Years! (Insert Sarcasm)…

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As sure as the FIFA World Cup and the Summer and Winter Olympics will occur every four years, every county in North Carolina has its own tradition that will occur every eight years What is that tradition you may ask? Property...more

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Challenging New York City Real Property Taxes

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Tentative Assessments and Initiation of the Tax Cert Process - New York City faces a continuing decline in state and federal funding. Increased property taxes continue to be a reliable revenue stream to fund local...more

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