School Districts, Municipalities, Property Tax

2026 Property Tax Levy Growth Cap Remains at 2%

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/28/2025

New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, recently announced that the 2026 property tax levy increases will be capped at 2%. The 2% limitation affects local governments including counties, towns, fire districts, 44...more

Budget Commission Requests to Forgo Revenue

Bricker Graydon LLP on 9/26/2023

As a result of the 2023 valuation update, several counties have requested all jurisdictions, including school districts, to voluntarily give back millage to reverse the impact of inflationary increases on collections,...more

State Supreme Court Decision Results in Continued Taxing Body Appeals

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 6/14/2023

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

Illinois Appellate Court Defeats TIF District for Lack of Parcel Contiguity and City’s ‘Casual Approach’ to Procedural Obligations

Franczek P.C. on 7/29/2020

Last Friday the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District shot down a tax increment financing (TIF) district created by the City of Crest Hill finding that the parcels within the proposed TIF area were not contiguous...more

School Districts File Amicus Curiae Brief in Landmark Federal Property Tax Lawsuit

Franczek P.C. on 2/26/2020

Last week, nine Cook County school districts and Calumet City filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of rehearing in the case A.F. Moore & Associates Inc. v....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