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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 2/8/2021

Posted by John Brusniak | Feb 08, 2021 | 0 Comments

NATIONAL

Tax Lien Foreclosures in Massachusetts or Legalized Home Theft
JURIST
Although brothers Neil and Mark Mucciaccio owned their house outright, they struggled to keep up with rising property taxes when their family ...

CONNECTICUT

theday.com 
Ned Lamont to provide a property tax relief plan for Connecticut cities and towns that face a fiscal disadvantage because of the amount of untaxable ...
 

MAINE

Old Town mill's tax dispute with city is heading to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Bangor Daily News
The city is appealing last year's Maine Superior Court decision that upheld the state Board of Property Review's granting of tax abatements to Expera ...

MONTANA

Tribes say Montana tax proposal disrespects sovereignty
Daily Inter Lake
"Oregon, for example, exempts reservation fee land from property taxes when the trust application is pending. Idaho fully exempts from property taxation ...

NEBRASKA

Gov. Ricketts, Sen. Stinner spar over maneuver to trigger additional property tax relief
Lincoln Journal Star
Last year, state lawmakers passed LB1107, which included a new state income tax credit to offset property taxes paid for schools. Money allocated for ...

Erdman proposes consumption tax to eliminate property taxes
Scottsbluff Star Herald 
He argued that his bill — which would eliminate property tax, increase consumption tax (such as sales taxes) — would not create budget shortfalls in ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Amid School Funding Anxiety, Some NH Communities Fear Return of 'Donor Towns'
New Hampshire Public Radio
“But I am for a real solution to the structural inequity that's in our system right now of using property taxes to pay for education. It's the most regressive tax ...

PENNSYLVANIA

TribLIVE 
The assessment is calculated by applying the state tax equalization ratio for the county to the proposed market values for the property of $3 million for ...
 

TEXAS

Oil Giant Asks Texas Justices to Reject County's Demand for Taxes
Courthouse News Service
After Kinder Morgan protested the local appraisal district's $662.67 million ... Challenging the chief appraiser's valuation of Kinder's reserves, Lemon ...

Denton Appraisal District trying to catch up on lost time
The Cross Timbers Gazette
In a letter to residents, DCAD Chief Appraiser Hope McClure thanked residents for their patience and understanding as the district underwent “an ...

About the Author

John Brusniak

John Brusniak, Jr. is the dean of Texas property tax litigation.  He was licensed to practice law in 1976,   His early career involved general litigation and appellate work in both the federal and state courts until he was handed his first property tax matter.  It arose prior to the implementatio...

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