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If you thought winning your tax appeal was going to reduce your Allegheny County property tax bill, you were wrong. At least on paper. Allegheny County Sends Wrong Tax Bills. Allegheny County has made yet another blunder concerning the 2013 property tax reassessments. A blunder that is leaving thousands of property owners once again frustrated [...]
1.27.13 Allegheny County Assessment Headlines: This article will provide readers with the latest updates concerning the Allegheny County assessments. The latest three developments are as follow: The City of Pittsburgh’s proposed 30% decrease for 2013 millage rates. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s proposed legislation,which would provide property owners with a second chance to appeal their 2013 [...]
Here are some of the latest Allegheny County property assessment headlines as of November 25, 2012. 11/9/12: County Executive Fitzgerald Fires BOTH Assessment Managers. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has fired both the Chief Manager and the Appeals Manager of the Allegheny County Office of Property Assessments. The county is under a court ordered deadline of [...]
Judge R. Stanton Wettick has denied a request to automatically lower hundreds of thousands of property assessments in poorer neighborhoods. Attorney Don Driscoll argued that a recent independent study demonstrated that poorer neighborhoods were paying more than their fair share. The motion was denied because the court determined that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court did not [...]
Tax Appeals For Commercial Property Owners: This article should help commercial property owners understand the advantages and disadvantages of entering the commercial bypass process. On September 24, 2012, Allegheny County sent a letter to all commercial property owners who have a pending 2013 tax appeal with new assessments exceeding one million dollars. This letter was a direct result [...]
This article will update readers on the status of the Allegheny County property reassessments as of September 9, 2012. The Formal Hearings: The formal hearings for the 2013 property tax appeals are in full swing at the Allegheny County Office Building in downtown Pittsburgh. The Office of Property Assessments is under Court Order to hear and adjudicate [...]
Over 100,000 property owners have filed 2013 Allegheny County property tax assessment appeals. Not all of them will win. This article should help property owners increase their chances for a reduction. I. The Process. Property owners must have some basic understanding of the appeal process. First, there is an optional informal appeal. Informal deadlines have [...]
ALLEGHENY COUNTY RELEASES ALL INFORMAL RESULTS. If you filed an informal tax appeal hearing in Allegheny County for the new 2012 reassessments, you should be receiving your informal decision soon, if you have not already. Allegheny County has released the statistics from the informal appeals process which concluded June 1, 2012. The numbers reveal that approximately 47% of residential property [...]
Allegheny County Reassessment Update
Published on June 14, 2012
in Allegheny County Assessment Blog, Flaherty Fardo News Blog,
by Nicole Hauptman
The Latest Reassessment News – 6/14/2012 The final Allegheny County, Pennsylvania assessment appeal numbers are at last being reported by the Office of Property Assessments. More than 68,000 informal appeals were filed by property owners. All of these informal appeals were heard by hearing officers as of June 1, 2012. Though these informal hearings began [...]
There have been various news articles in the last few weeks relating to a bill that was recently passed by the Pennsylvania State House relating to property reassessments. Some are predicting that this bill will suspend the current reassessment in Allegheny County. Below you will find an explanation of this bill, and why this bill [...]
This article will help property owners understand some basics in defending 2012 and 2013 property tax appeals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The Background: School districts and municipalities in Allegheny County have the right to appeal both the 2012 assessment and the 2013 assessment of any property. We are seeing that many school districts are appealing [...]
This article will provide my insight and opinion as to why I believe 7 out of 10 residential properties in more affluent areas are still under-assessed in the Allegheny County reassessments. I will further opine why I believe this was intentional rather than accidental and is going to create some future problems for residents, depending [...]
3/4/12 – Attorney Fardo to Speak at Seminar on Tax Exemptions.
Published on March 4, 2012
in Allegheny County Assessment Blog, Flaherty Fardo News Blog,
by Shawn T. Flaherty
Attorney Noah Paul Fardo will be a guest lecturer on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar focusing on the reassessments in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The event will presented to lawyers and real estate professionals from noon to 2:00pm in the Gold Room on the 9th floor of the Allegheny County [...]
This article will question whether outsourcing the 2012 Allegheny County property reassessments was the best idea for the residents of Allegheny County. The Problem: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently questioned the fairness of the new 2012 Allegheny County property reassessments. The Post-Gazette review found that in Pittsburgh, expensive property values were underestimated as compared to lower-priced [...]
2/8/12 – Allegheny County 2012 Reassessment Update.
Published on February 6, 2012
in Allegheny County Assessment Blog, Flaherty Fardo News Blog,
by Noah Paul Fardo
This article will update readers about the current status of the 2012 Allegheny County property reassessments as of February 8, 2012. CITY OF PITTSBURGH & MOUNT OLIVER If you own property in the City of Pittsburgh or Mount Oliver, you should have received your 2012 reassessment already in the mail. You may check new 2012 [...]
Allegheny County Assessment Update: 1/24/12 Allegheny County has announced that the property tax assessment formal appeal deadline for the City of Pittsburgh and Mount Oliver has been extended from February 24, 2012 until April 2, 2012. The informal deadline has been changed to February 15, 2012. Property owners in the City of Pittsburgh and Mt. [...]
Allegheny County’s new website for the release of the 2012 Allegheny County property reassessment values will prove frustrating and more difficult for property owners. Instead of simply adding the new 2012 values on the existing Allegheny County real estate website, (like the County did three weeks ago), Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald chose to create [...]
1/13/12 – VIDEO: Reassessment Update: “Appeal Now, Pay Later”.
Published on January 13, 2012
in Allegheny County Assessment Blog, Flaherty Fardo News Blog,
by Noah Paul Fardo
2012 Allegheny County Property Reassessment Update 1/13/12: Basically, we will be using 2002 values for 2012, and new 2012 values for 2013; with the opportunity to appeal this year before the new tax bills are due next year. As of January 13, 2012, the 2012 Allegheny County property reassessments are back on with a new deadline of [...]
The Honorable R. Stanton Wettick ordered today (1/10/12) that the 2012 reassessments in Allegheny County must continue pursuant to his previous Orders of Court. Over the last week, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald declared the 2012 reassessments, “null and void.” However, today’s Order specifically directed the Allegheny County Office of Property Assessment, County Manager, and County [...]
In Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino, a young student was faced with the difficult decision of following the laws of his school by informing on classmates or following his own honor and not ‘ratting’ on his friends. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fittzgerald is in a similiar position. On one hand, the Pennsylvania Supreme [...]
