SCA 3 Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Lower Voter Approval Requirement...
SCA 3 seeks to amend the California Constitution relating to taxation by amending Section 4 of Article XIIIA, adding Section 4.5 to Article XIIIA, amending Section 2 of Article XIIIC, and amending...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Upholds Invalidation of Parcel Tax That Differentially Taxes...
The court of appeal recently upheld its previous ruling that a parcel tax approved by Alameda Unified School District (“District”) voters violates the Government Code’s restriction that special taxes...
View ArticleUpdate: After Rehearing, Court Of Appeal Upholds Its Previous Parcel Tax Ruling
The court of appeal recently upheld its previous ruling that a parcel tax approved by Alameda Unified School District (“District”) voters violates the Government Code’s restriction that special taxes...
View ArticleUPDATE: School District’s Share Of Diverted ERAF Revenue Must Be Included...
A superior court required a county to include in its calculation of a school district’s property tax allocation base the property tax revenue that the school district actually received from local...
View ArticlePA Senators Pushing to Replace School Property Taxes with Expanded Personal...
A number of Pennsylvania State Senators continue to push for legislation to eliminate school district property taxes in Pennsylvania. They would replace the lost revenues by increasing the statewide...
View ArticleIndiana Property Tax Exemptions: Church Permitted To File Letter In Lieu Of...
Church properly used letter of notification (and not official application) to claim exemption; previously granted exemption rolled forward. The Indiana Board of Tax Review applied a 100% property tax...
View ArticleSchool Districts: New York State Amends Real Property Tax Law to Allow School...
On December 29, 2014, Governor Cuomo signed a law granting school districts the authority to "charge back" real property tax certiorari refunds to school district public libraries. Until now, school...
View ArticleInside the New York Budget Bill: 30-Day Amendments
On Friday, February 20, 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office released the 30-Day Amendments to the 2015–2016 New York State Executive Budget Legislation (Budget Bill). This year, instead of the usual...
View ArticleNew York’s Property Tax Cap Wins Again
In 2013 we reported on NYSUT‘s lawsuit which claimed that New York’s recently-enacted property tax “cap” was unconstitutional. The thrust of NYSUT’s 2013 arguments against the cap were that it (1)...
View Article2015 Legislative Update: Summary Of Changes In School Law
ADMINISTRATION - LALI’S LAW (HEROIN CRISIS ACT) - Public Act 99-0480 - Effective Date: September 9, 2015 - School districts, public schools, or nonpublic schools may now authorize a school nurse or...
View ArticleThe Side of Tax Reform They’re Not Telling You
Deep-sixing property taxes is a popular pledge on the state and local campaign trail. But the promise is only half the story. Citizens need to ask: “And then what?” Like a climbing wall, eliminating...
View ArticleReal Property Tax Alert - October 2016
Nassau County Class 4 Commercial Property – Disputed Assessment Fund (“DAF”) Started with October 2016 School Bill - All Class 4 commercial properties have been impacted by the increase in the school...
View ArticlePublic Education Under Attack in Florida
Imagine a world in which public education did not exist. A world in which children did not have schools to attend. A world in which the future generation could not obtain a diploma. It is hard to...
View ArticlePA Senators Pushing to Replace School Property Taxes with Expanded Personal...
A number of Pennsylvania State Senators continue to push for legislation to eliminate school district property taxes in Pennsylvania. They would replace the lost revenues by increasing the statewide...
View ArticleIndiana Property Tax Exemptions: Church Permitted To File Letter In Lieu Of...
Church properly used letter of notification (and not official application) to claim exemption; previously granted exemption rolled forward. The Indiana Board of Tax Review applied a 100% property tax...
View ArticleSchool Districts: New York State Amends Real Property Tax Law to Allow School...
On December 29, 2014, Governor Cuomo signed a law granting school districts the authority to "charge back" real property tax certiorari refunds to school district public libraries. Until now, school...
View ArticleInside the New York Budget Bill: 30-Day Amendments
On Friday, February 20, 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office released the 30-Day Amendments to the 2015–2016 New York State Executive Budget Legislation (Budget Bill). This year, instead of the usual...
View ArticleNew York’s Property Tax Cap Wins Again
In 2013 we reported on NYSUT‘s lawsuit which claimed that New York’s recently-enacted property tax “cap” was unconstitutional. The thrust of NYSUT’s 2013 arguments against the cap were that it (1)...
View Article2015 Legislative Update: Summary Of Changes In School Law
ADMINISTRATION - LALI’S LAW (HEROIN CRISIS ACT) - Public Act 99-0480 - Effective Date: September 9, 2015 - School districts, public schools, or nonpublic schools may now authorize a school nurse or...
View ArticleThe Side of Tax Reform They’re Not Telling You
Deep-sixing property taxes is a popular pledge on the state and local campaign trail. But the promise is only half the story. Citizens need to ask: “And then what?” Like a climbing wall, eliminating...
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