NATIONAL

States With the Highest Property Taxes Yahoo Finance  Ohio's property taxes are high enough to earn it a place in the top 10, but its residents pay the lowest average annual tax of any state on this list. That's ...

GEORGIA

Georgia lawmaker seeks more transparency in developing tax-incentive proposals The Center Square Current law allows local governments to object to the abatement plans in court. Mueller said counties are not looking to have veto power, just more say ...

ILLINOIS

Sun-Times sued over stories about Trump Tower tax appeal  Chicago Sun-Times  A former top official of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board has sued the Chicago Sun-Times for libel over stories published in 2020 regarding an ...

LOUISIANA

Louisiana Expands Tax Credits for Ad Valorem Taxes Paid on Inventory BKD, LLP Taxpayers who pay ad valorem taxes on inventory for the 2020 tax year after December 31, 2020, but on or before April 15, 2021, may elect to treat ...

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Property Tax Reform for Solar, Wind, Energy Storage and Fuel ... JD Supra (3) Extends the exemption to tax exempt real property by removing the requirement in existing clause forty-fifth that an exempt wind or solar system ...

NEBRASKA

Nebraska residents will get 6% break on 2020-21 school property tax bills  North Platte Telegraph  The state sends Property Tax Credit Fund money to local governments who receive property taxes. The finalized school income tax credit completes the ...

NEW YORK

OHIO

Property owners hope for tax relief as values drop, but the pandemic isn't grounds for an appeal ...  Crain's Cleveland Business  But property owners are preparing to pay 2020 tax bills based on what their real estate was worth on Jan. 1 of last year — when COVID-19 was still a ...

TEXAS

Appraisal Review Board member rebuts criticisms The Austin Bulldog In practicing law she represented appraisal districts in both district and appellate courts. When introduced at the board meeting, Cartwright said, “I'm ...