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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 4/20/2020

Posted by John Brusniak | Apr 20, 2020 | 0 Comments

ARKANSAS

Assessor files appeal for civic group's taxes Junior League's property now exempt
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Pulaski County Tax Assessor Janet Troutman Ward is appealing a county court order reinstating the Junior League of Little Rock's property tax ...

COLORADO

Teller County Assessor Extends Deadline For Business Personal Property Declarations
The Mountain Jackpot
In his extension, Assessor Simmons also waived all penalties and possible arbitrary assessments for all Teller County businesses for tax year 2020. “ ...

CONNECTICUT

Update On Connecticut Property Tax Relief Measures Amid COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
JD Supra (press release)
The “Deferment Program” provides eligible taxpayers a ninety (90) day deferment from the due date to pay municipal taxes on real property, personal ...

LOUISIANA

Orleans Parish Assessor's Office hacked by ransomware
Wiky
Orleans Parish Assessor's Office hacked by ransomware(Originally Published: 04/17/2020 03:47 PM)Orleans Parish...

MAINE

Mechanic Falls cannot extend deadline for property taxes payment
Lewiston Sun Journal
Mechanic Falls cannot extend deadline for property taxes payment. Calling the action a "sympathetic gesture" Town Manager Zakk Maher says the town ...

NEW JERSEY

NJ is not changing property tax deadline for coronavirus crisis, senator says
NorthJersey.com
Property taxes are due on May 1 and New Jersey will not extend the deadline because of the coronavirus crisis, state Sen. Paul Sarlo said. Sarlo, a ...

OKLAHOMA

Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Assessor 'must wait and see' virus effects on property values
Oklahoman.com
Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Assessor 'must wait and see' virus effects on property values. Richard Mize. by Richard Mize. Published: Sat, April 18, 2020 ...

Assessor explains property taxes hikes
Norman Transcript
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. —Several Cherokee County property owners say they've learned their ad valorem taxes will increase for the third year in a row, ...

TEXAS

High property appraisals leave taxpayers scratching their heads
KZTV Action 10 News
He said every year around this time, it's an uphill battle with the appraisal district's office. Ford said the value of his home has gone up nearly $10,000 for ...

Texas property owners facing tax increase in the midst of Covid-19 shutdown
FOX 29
You won't be able to go down in person to the Bexar Appraisal District this year to protest your property value. If you do, the closest you'll get to a ...

Fort Bend County, state officials working to reduce 2020 appraisal property values
Community Impact Newspaper
Morales said his office will work on a revenue-neutral 2020-21 county budget and is reaching out to local taxing entities—such as school districts and ...

Property value for 1.46-acre wooded lot in Harker Heights went from $14000 to $255000
The Killeen Daily Herald
Billy White, chief appraiser of the appraisal district, did some research into the property. White was not at the appraisal district when the value initially ...

VERMONT

Lawmakers consider giving towns leeway to delay property taxpayments
vtdigger.org
It would also give them the ability to decrease, waive or establish grace periods for penalties and interest on late property taxes. Get Final Reading ...

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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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