The Louisiana Tax Commission is reviewing the tax assessments of more than a dozen commercial properties in East Baton Rouge Parish that are assessed significantly below their most recently recorded sale price, resulting in a potential loss of millions of dollars to the cash-strapped parish government. Louisiana Tax Commission Chairman Lawrence E. Chehardy declines to discuss details of the review but stops short of calling it a “reassessment” or “reappraisal.” Rather, he says, LTC staff appraisers are simply “reviewing the properties cited in the story.” Chehardy says it’s the first time he’s aware of and certainly the first time during his tenure on the commission that the LTC has conducted such a review. In a July cover story, Business Report analyzed the assessments of more than a dozen of the largest commercial transactions in the parish between 2014 and 2016—deals that occurred several years ago and should have been updated by … [Read more...] about Questionable Baton Rouge property assessments under review by state tax commission
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Long-awaited property tax commission announced; no Islanders included
STATEN ISLAND -- Mayor Bill de Blasio, along with City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, announced the creation of a long-awaited property tax advisory commission Thursday, but missing on the commission are Staten Islanders. The commission will look at how to make the property tax system "simpler, clearer, and fairer," while at the same time ensuring there is no reduction in revenue used to pay for key city services. NYU Law Professor Vicki Been and Marc V. Shaw, the interim chief operating officer for CUNY, will co-chair the commission, along with five other members. Together, they will hold 10 public hearings to get input from city residents. "To be the fairest big city, you need a fair tax system,'' De Blasio said in a statement. "For too long, New York City taxpayers have had to grapple with a property tax system that is too opaque, too complex, and just feels unfair. New Yorkers need property tax reform, and this advisory commission will put us on the road to achieve … [Read more...] about Long-awaited property tax commission announced; no Islanders included
Official says Utah lawmakers need to tweak state tax laws
Updated 10:21 am, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state tax official says lawmakers should meet in a special session this summer to stave off a higher tax bill that some Utah families could face next year. Utah Tax Commission Chairman John Valentine said Tuesday at a conference of the Utah Taxpayers Association that the overhaul of U.S. tax laws passed by Congress in 2017 effectively canceled out several Utah tax credits. That's because the state's tax code is tied to the federal tax code. Valentine says tax credits for people with children, including families with children who donate an organ, a $100 stay-at-home-parent credit and a $900 credit for health care plans could be revived if the Legislature makes some changes. Local Channel Now Playing: Now Playing Fatal pedestrian crash on San Pedro Jacob Beltran Woman found with gunshot wound to face San Antonio Express-News 3 armed suspects break into San Antonio home San Antonio … [Read more...] about Official says Utah lawmakers need to tweak state tax laws
Louisiana residents must file 2017 state taxes before midnight
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Appeals Court upholds ruling blocking tax commission from hearing appeals
Cole County Presiding Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled correctly in January 2017, a three judge panel of the Missouri appeals court in Kansas City ruled Tuesday, when she blocked the State Tax Commission from hearing an appeal from St. Louis County property tax payers. State law clearly says property tax payers have a right to appeal rulings by a county's Board of Equalization to the commission, the judges found, but added state law prohibits the St. Louis County equalization board from changing an assessment in an even-numbered year — if that assessment was the same as the previous year and there were no property improvements or new construction in the previous year. The case began with owners of 95 residential properties in St. Louis County, when they appealed their 2013 property assessments to the county's Equalization Board. "The assessed values of six properties were settled between their owners and" St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman "before the County Board issued … [Read more...] about Appeals Court upholds ruling blocking tax commission from hearing appeals