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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 3/15/2021

Posted by John Brusniak | Mar 15, 2021 | 0 Comments

CALIFORNIA

California Legislative Information 
Existing property tax law generally requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenues to local jurisdictions in accordance ...
Monterey County Weekly 
In August 2017, the Assessor's Office ruled that the change in operations meant nonprofit MHAA was no longer entitled to a property tax welfare ...

San Rafael church denied exemption from paramedic tax
Marin Independent Journal
... that nonresidential properties that were designated as 'subject to exemption' by the assessor had been inadvertently omitted from the paramedic tax ...
 
A binge-worthy tax assessment drama.
Monterey County Weekly
MHAA volunteers missed the Assessor's Office letter, and by the time anyone noticed it was too late. The result was MHAA went from paying $370 a year ...

CONNECTICUT

GOP encourages opposition to proposed statewide property tax
Westport News 
Looney has proposed several local property tax reforms bills during this year's legislative session to address what he calls disparate and unequal ...

HAWAII

Hawaii Tribune-Herald 
A handful of Big Island homeowners could face higher property taxes under a county bill that will repeal a 30-year-old county tax ordinance. Bill 27 ...

IDAHO

Idaho Press-Tribune 
BOISE — Two Idaho lawmakers have an idea for property tax relief: Scale ... C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, told the House Revenue & Taxation Committee.

ILLINOIS

Target takes big advantage of Cook County tax deferral
Crain's Chicago Business
... full advantage of a special Cook County program to delay paying tens of millions of dollars in property tax bills, even though it's highly profitable.

KANSAS

Kansas Reflector 
TOPEKA — Sen. Caryn Tyson urged fellow senators Thursday to endorse “historic” property tax reform and overlook changes made by the House to ...

MISSOURI

The Center Square 
(The Center Square) – The Missouri Senate Monday night rejected a proposed five-year phase-out of the state's property tax that could have saved ...

NEW YORK

syracuse.com 
Located to the north of the intersection of Lakeshore and Mud Mill roads, the property has been home to the Lakeshore Marina for 40 years.

New property-tax credit included in NY legislators' budget package
Newsday
The proposal creates a "circuit breaker" to provide tax credits on state income taxes. It would kick in if a household's property taxes are greater than 6% ...

OHIO


TCTC board approves tax abatement for Lordstown company
Warren Tribune Chronicle
CHAMPION — The Trumbull Career and Technical Center Board by an 11-7 vote gave approval for a 15-year tax abatement request for Clean Energy ...

PENNSYLVANIA

PREIT writes down Fashion District mall value by $148M as virus onslaught keeps hurting retail
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PREIT has written down the value of its investment in the Fashion District Philadelphia mall in Center City by more than a third, as retail businesses ...

TEXAS

The Texan 
The loophole in state code that allowed cities and counties to increase property taxes above the new 3.5 percent increase limit would be substantively ...

VIRGINIA

What's a haunted house worth? Third-generation appraiser specializes in the big, the historic and ...
Virginian-Pilot
Grice, 71 and a third-generation property appraiser, spent decades ... As part of AP Grice & Son, southeast Virginia's oldest real estate appraisal firm, ...

WYOMING

Billings Gazette 
A bill to give Wyoming counties the option to impose a real estate tax died in a legislative committee on Thursday morning after a close 4-5 vote.

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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