Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Tips for Virginia Real Estate Assessment Appeals in a COVID-19 Environment
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
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
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
The Legislative Changes to HB 126 Introduced in 2024 Were Not Enacted Into Law - In 2024, there were two separate efforts by the Ohio legislature to amend House Bill 126 (HB 126) to address and clarify issues that have...more
With Rhode Island municipal revaluations of property going into effect for the 2025 tax year, many homeowners and business owners are beginning to explore their options on challenging the new assessment, as most assessments...more
Critical tax appeal deadlines are quickly approaching, and commercial property owners need to be prepared to file tax appeals for 2025 or defend against increase cases to get much needed property tax relief....more
Continued pressures created by elevated levels of mortgage interest rates, vacancies, as well as stricter lending policies, point to higher capitalization rates, lower property values and tax appeal opportunities in 2025....more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The pandemic has upended industries across the globe. And while federal and state governmental programs have generously provided aid to certain individuals and corporate entities, such aid currently does not relieve taxpayers...more
Spring is in the air, and while for most people, that means budding tulips and birds chirping, for us real property tax lawyers, that means assessment time. Property owners in Colorado will receive their 2021 real property...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the commercial real estate market, property owners will be focusing on ways to reduce operating expenses, including real estate taxes... ...more
A tax on failure - Empty property rates is a tax on failure; the failure of the owner to find either a profitable use for the premises or a tenant to pay a rent. Since March 2020, reliefs have been available to cushion...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has effectively increased the value of commercial real estate in many counties with its recent release of common level ratios, creating an opportunity for owners of retail, office,...more
Punxsutawney Area School District v. Broadwing Timber, LLC, 1209 C.D. 2018 (Pa. Commw. Ct., October 29, 2019) - Since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent decision in Valley Forge Towers Apartments N, LP v. Upper...more
May 31 is the deadline for filing property tax assessment appeals in the Michigan Tax Tribunal which contest the value of property classified as commercial real property, industrial real property, developmental real property,...more
By statute, a variety of property types are assessed based on specific approaches to value – in some cases, at the lowest value indicated by a number of valuation approaches. Apartments are one such property type and, as...more
The Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment (OPA) has reviewed the assessed values of all commercial and industrial real estate in Philadelphia, and earlier this year, many owners of commercial and industrial real estate...more