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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 7/16/2021

Posted by John Brusniak | Jul 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

NATIONAL

Soaring warehouse demand boosts commercial real estate market as office vacancies mount
CNBC
After ShipBob decided last July to let staffers work from anywhere, the logistics start-up had its landlord erect a wall in the middle of its Chicago headquarters so half the space could be rented out to another company.

ARIZONA

United States: Permanent Improvements On Tribal Lands Categorically Preempted From State ...
Mondaq News Alerts
The Arizona Court of Appeals held that state and local governments were categorically preempted from imposing property taxes on permanent ...

ILLINOIS

Cook County property tax bills may be delayed by inter-office controversy
WLS-TV
The Assessor added that before this controversy, his office was facing delays due to COVID-19, which were already expected hold up the process of ...

INDIANA

County approves two tax abatements
The Republic
Bartholomew County Council members approved the eighth tax abatement in 12 years for a manufacturer near Edinburgh on Tuesday. As a result, 46 ...

Tax break intro gets 4 no votes
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
The abatement was passed with a 7-2 vote. Businesses can request two tax abatements for the same project by requesting one for real estate ...

IOWA

Supervisors approve Rock Ridge Development Project
Mason City Globe Gazette
Lindsey Falk of L.R. Falk Construction was present to advocate for the proposed five year tax abatement. Saint Ansgar can only grant 10 years of tax ...

MISSOURI

After a volley of deal-making and compromises, the Katz Drugstore project passes
Kansas City Star
After a series of compromises, developer Lux Living will get a property tax abatement for 10 years, fewer than the 25 years originally sought to build ...

NEBRASKA

Neb Farm Bureau President: Unprecedented Property Tax Relief
Tri-State Livestock News
Nebraska Farm Bureau estimates taxpayers will see a tax credit equal to 22 percent of their property taxes paid to schools when they file their 2021 tax ...

NEW JERSEY

Best counties with the bang for your property tax buck in NJ? Answer may surprise you
New Jersey Herald
The New Jersey counties with the highest property taxes may also offer top-notch schools and homes that increase in value, a recent study says.

OHIO

Study Shows Persistent Racial Disparities In Franklin County Property Tax Assessments
WOSU Public Media
If homes on your block foreclose, that hurts your home's value, but those foreclosures don't show up in the appraisal process come tax time. In the past, ...

TEXAS

Ingram Park Mall on West Side sells for $100.7 million bid at foreclosure auction
San Antonio Express-News
The assessed value on the mall's real estate dropped from almost $84 million last year to $62.5 million this year, the Bexar Appraisal District's website ...
 
How Much Money Will Austin, Texas, Homeowners Save With the New Homestead Exemption ...
Mansion Global
That means homeowners whose principal residence is in the Texas capital will now pay property taxes on 80% of the assessed value of their homes, ...

WASHINGTON

KC Councilman wants taxpayers to see where their money is going
Bellevue Reporter
On Thursday, King County Council member Reagan Dunn introduced a motion that would task the Assessor's Office with sending a mailing to all ...

Assessor: Home values rose 'sharply' through pandemic across county — up 7.9% on Capitol Hill
CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News
The message comes as the assessor is preparing homeowners and landlords for sticker shock as the annual process of mailing property valuation ...

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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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