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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 8/6/2019

Posted by John Brusniak | Aug 06, 2019 | 0 Comments

MAINE

State rules Madison doesn't have to pay $1 million tax abatement to former mill
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
MADISON — A shuttered paper mill's tax abatement request of over $1 million has been formally rejected by the state's tax review board, according to ...

MASSACHUSETTS

Rental office park buildings in Boxborough
Knight Lab
The town of Boxborough is struggling with filling vacancies in their office parks and town, which is causing some owners to file for a tax abatement.

MICHIGAN

Refractory Manufacturer Expands Michigan Plant with $9 Million Investment
ThomasNet News
The project will be supported by a local government tax abatement, according to the western Michigan regional development group The Right Place.

Grand Rapids appoints new city assessor
MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Grand Rapids has promoted its deputy assessor to lead the assessor's office, which administers state property tax laws and ...

GM officially opens new $65M Flint-area parts processing center
MLive.com
It's taken nearly six months for the purchase of 141 acres by Northpoint Development, approval of a tax abatement, and closed lips from city officials on ...

NEW YORK

Great Northern Mall owes $3.3 million in taxes: Will it be next ShoppingTown Mall?
Syracuse.com
Robert Bick, assessor for the town of Clay, said he knows of no special arrangements in the works over the mall's taxes, other than the lowered ...

Owner of former Huntley plant sets $4 value on property
Buffalo News
The town doesn't respond to the legal filings, Assessor Judy Tafelski said. "That agreement remains in effect," Tafelski said, adding she can take a new ...

An Old, Unfair System: New York City's Property Tax Conundrum - Part III - The City's Bottom Line
Gotham Gazette
This is the third and final part of a three-part series on New York City's antiquated and unfair property taxsystem, its complications and inequities, the ...

PENNSYLVANIA

Bipartisan Group Of PA Lawmakers To Find Alternatives To School Property Taxes
90.5 WESA
Pennsylvania lawmakers will meet soon to try to find alternatives to school property taxes. The task force is far from the first effort to replace the funding ...

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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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