Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Tips for Virginia Real Estate Assessment Appeals in a COVID-19 Environment
Germany’s Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) has decided on the legitimacy of double assessment of real estate transfer tax in share deals. Tax authorities have taken the view that the acquisition of at least 90% of shares in a...more
Rhode Island’s 2026 budget bill contains a "Non-Owner-Occupied Property Tax Act," which is popularly referred to as the “Taylor Swift Tax.” This law imposes a new statewide tax on non-owner-occupied residential properties...more
With the April 30 property tax payment deadline fast approaching, we want to remind you that you can still preserve the right to challenge the validity of your Washington 2024 tax assessment by paying your 2025 taxes under...more
Delaware’s property tax system is undergoing a significant overhaul that will alter the property taxes owed on each property. For the first time in decades, the state’s counties are reassessing property values to reflect...more
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
The deadline is fast approaching for Connecticut taxpayers to file an appeal with their local Board of Assessment Appeals (BAA) to challenge their property assessment on their municipality’s October 1, 2024 Grand List....more
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
Approximately one-third of all Maryland property owners will receive (or have received) their real property tax assessments for the 2025/26 tax year. If you disagree with the State’s assessment of your property value or want...more
It’s the holiday season! For many that means spending time with family and friends. A new year rings in, and then…like clockwork, the Nassau County Department of Assessment publishes the tentative assessment roll as of...more
Property tax is a major concern for Texas property owners, since it represents one of the most substantial expenses they face. In 2023, local taxing entities’ property tax collections totaled $82.1 billion, matching the total...more
A number of Connecticut municipalities listed below are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2024. ...more
Three and a half days after it convened, the Colorado Legislature ended its special session on property tax. The session was called in response to a dramatic increase in property taxes that both residential and commercial...more
For California property owners that could potentially reduce their property taxes with a decline-in-value assessment appeal, the property tax assessment appeals for 2024 are due by either September 16 or December 2 depending...more
During the 2024 regular session of the Connecticut General Assembly, seven bills were passed and signed into law that deal with a variety of property tax matters. Of these, the most significant is Public Act No. 24-151. This...more
It is customary for landlords to require their tenants to pay real estate taxes attributable to the landlord’s property being leased, along with other common area expenses like maintenance, insurance and the like. When there...more
The Connecticut General Assembly's Planning and Development Committee will be holding a public hearing on March 13 at 10:00 a.m. on the following bills of interest to commercial property owners and taxpayers...more
Washington D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) released its proposed rules establishing how the D.C. government will implement the Housing in Downtown Tax Abatement program. A...more
A modest change in the law in 2022 is now having a significant impact on how South Carolina counties negotiate property tax incentive packages for manufacturers. With one of the highest manufacturing property tax rates in the...more
As readers of this blog probably know, a property tax appeal is initiated by filing a petition with a municipality’s Board of Assessment Appeals. Typically, the appeal must be filed with the Board no later than February 20. ...more
January 1 is the date when most third quarter tax bills are mailed in Massachusetts; therefore, under M.G.L. Chapter 59, the majority of abatement applications must be filed with local assessors’ offices on or before...more
What You Need to Know - •New Jersey property owners should be aware of the statutory framework, related deadlines, and application of those deadlines within the context of the valuation of property for local taxation...more
Cheshire, Darien, New Canaan and Norwalk are among 44 Connecticut municipalities, listed in our November alert, conducting a general revaluation according to the October 1, 2023 Grand List. Depending upon the...more
In 2017, twenty years after purchasing a property in Fairfield, the owner became aware that the Town had been valuing her 1.06 acre lot as if it held 1.60 acres. ...more
The City of Norwalk, the sixth largest city in Connecticut, is near to completion of its 2023 real property revaluation. This revaluation is a “full measure and list” revaluation – meaning that it incorporates the results of...more
A large number of Connecticut municipalities are conducting revaluations as of October 1, 2023. A notice containing the proposed new assessment of your property will be mailed before the end of this year. ...more