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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 5/22/2019

Posted by John Brusniak | May 22, 2019 | 0 Comments

NATIONAL
 

States With the Highest and Lowest Property Taxes
Newsmax
Property tax is not always something homebuyers take into account when shopping for a home, but it can dramatically impact your budget. And how ...

ALASKA
 

Ouch — Anchorage homeowners get their property tax bills
Must Read Alaska (blog)
Now, home ownership taxes have gone up again, about $80 a month for the average home in the $380,000 range. The average yearly property tax ...
 
Juneau Assembly considers raising property taxes
KTOO
The Juneau Assembly will consider raising local property taxes in the coming fiscal year to help cover school bond debt reimbursement it was ...

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 

Adams Morgan's Line Hotel $46 Million Tax Abatement Appears in Jeopardy after AG Ruling ...
PoPville (blog)
“The Adams Morgan Hotel Real Property Tax Abatement Act of 2010 (“Abatement Act”) grants the Line Hotel a tax abatement if the Hotel meets seven ...

GEORGIA
 

Gilmer Board of Tax Assessors vote against Southern Cherokee Nation and Red Fire People ...
Fetchyournews.com
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer Board of Tax Assessors voted against an exempt property application filed by the Southern Cherokee Nation and Red Fire ...

INDIANA
 

POET secured 100% tax abatement for a decade as part of Indiana deal
Biofuels Digest
In Indiana, local press reports that POET has scored a 100% tax abatement for its planned Shelbyville plant for ten years and then will pay just $2.5 ...

LOUISIANA
 

Bid to rework Louisiana property tax break falls short
mySanAntonio.com
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state House on Monday fell three votes short of approving legislation backed by Louisiana's business lobby to lessen ...

NEBRASKA
 

Property tax initiative petition drive collapses
Lincoln Journal Star
With the Legislature approaching its final opportunity to enact substantial property tax relief this year, the long-heralded backup alternative of a 2020 ...

NEW JERSEY
 

Huge tax hike hitting Jersey Shore town. Don't blame us, new elected officials say.
NJ.com
The budget includes a $1.44 million increase in the levy — the amount raised through property taxes —to $8.08 million for 2019 from $6.64 million last ...

TEXAS
 

The $9 Billion School Finance Problem in Speaker Bonnen's Backyard
The Texas Observer
The forgone property tax revenue that districts would have used to fund ... Brazosport ISD's property taxbase is heavily reliant on the area's hulking ...
 
Bill changing property tax appeals could decimate city, school budgets, critics warn
Houston Chronicle
He said the appraisal districts are being “whiny” about House Bill 380. “The appraisal districts never liked the bill,” he said. “They didn't even come and ...

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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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