In many towns throughout New Jersey, property assessment values have failed to be adjusted relative to their market (or “True”) values. In towns such as Jersey City — where assessments are as much as thirty-years old and the market values of properties have increased steadily — individual property tax bills reflect widespread inequities. Because […]
Patch.com From The Westfield Patch: N.J. Says These Towns Must Reassess – And Could Have Much Higher Tax Bills Patch.com Revaluations can be unpopular, and property owners can get higher tax bills after the value of their properties is reassessed. Those include Jersey City in Hudson County, Elizabeth in Union County and Dunellen in Middlesex […]
NJ.com See which N.J. counties have the highest and lowest property taxes NJ.com TRENTON — Three New Jersey counties saw average property tax bills top $10,000 in 2014, and just as many exceeded $9,000. Property taxes are highest in the northern part of the state, where bills averaged $10,896 in Essex, $10,826 in Bergen, […]
From: Press of Atlantic City The state Department of Community Affairs says tax appeals have gone up by more than 400 percent since 2006. And municipalities, as the tax-collecting entity, are responsible for paying all refunds for the current tax year to property owners who successfully appeal, even though property taxes also finance county governments, […]
From Star-Ledger: Report: South Brunswick considers revaluation after flood of tax appeals The Star-Ledger – NJ.com SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Tax appeals from property and business owners may force the township to undergo revaluation – a program to appraise all real property to its full and fair value. South Brunswick Tax Appeals May Force […]
Tax Increases In Shore Towns A Certainty After Superstorm Sandy Patch.com Toms River-based Horn was originally scheduled to speak along with Berkeley Tax Assessor Eric L. Zanetti at the Central Regional Middle School, but Zanetti had to cancel because of bronchitis. Municipal, county and school budgets will rise, as … and more »…More […]