NATIONAL

Super-Luxury Home Sales Surge Across U.S., Rising 35% in 2021
Advisor Perspectives
That's about a 35% increase over 2020, which was also a record year. “The surge in this tier is unprecedented,” says Jonathan Miller, the company's president and chief executive officer. “We've never seen this kind of growth.”


ILLINIOIS

Illinois Neighborhood Association Can Appeal Property Tax Bills
Bloomberg Tax
An Illinois neighborhood association can file property tax appeals on behalf of its homeowners, a state appellate court has ruled.


INDIANA

Ind. Property Not Agricultural Woodland, Board Rules
Law360
An Indiana property owner's contention that his land was misclassified as residential property instead of agricultural woodland was rejected by a review board in a determination released Wednesday.

Ind. Tax Board Upholds Assessment On Commercial Property
Law360
County assessments on a commercial property in Indiana were correct, the state's tax review board said in a determination released Wednesday, rejecting the owner's claim that the assessments lack uniformity...


IOWA

Iowa Supreme Court sides with Polk County Assessor on open records
Des Moines Register
The court mostly sided with Polk County Assessor Randy Ripperger in a decision about a long-running public records dispute issued last week against the Iowa Public Information Board.


NEW YORK

Court deal cuts taxes by 73% at contaminated Nepera plant site
Record Online
The owners of the contaminated property where the former Nepera chemical plant operated for decades have gotten its taxable value slashed by 73% in a court settlement that resolves 10 years of tax challenges.


TEXAS

Taylor: The Chapter 313 monster — the mother of all corporate welfare — revives?
San Antonio Express News
The program is set to expire at the end of 2022. In the light of that upcoming expiration, Comptroller Glenn Hegar has proposed a change in reporting requirements for the program.


WISCONSIN

Wisconsin City Can't Take Property Assessment Objection to Court
Bloomberg Tax
The city of Waukesha, Wis., has no authority to intervene in a property tax dispute that had been decided by the municipality's own Board of Review, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.