From Howell Patch: It was because of all those successful appeals that the county ordered a recently completed assessment. “The assessment further caused a significant decline in revenue due to declining housing market values,” the email continued. “To make up this loss in revenue, the municipal tax rate needed to rise if local services were […]

  From The Montclair Patch: With the decline the housing market, Montclair property owners have filed 3,724 tax appeals since 2007. The appeals reduced the assessed value only on the properties whose owners successfully appealed. With only a portion of properties being adjusted to market value, an unfair shift in the tax burden was created […]

  In 2007, when the town of Moorestown found itself slammed by a storm of tax appeals, it hired Appraisal Systems Inc to conduct a revaluation. The company is now being criticized for alleged inequities in values among comparable properties in identical neighborhoods – something critics (including the Mayor) are touting as evidence of ASI’s […]

New Jersey property taxes cost the average homeowner around $7519.00 a year.  That’s nearly 12 percent of the average household’s annual income. In 2009, the bite was less, at around 10 percent.  That 20 percent hike is troubling, not only for homeowners, but for politicians who count on their votes.           […]

Filling out paperwork and jumping through legal hoops in order to get a tax appeal are routine tortures endured by most anyone who has ever attempted to appeal a tax assessment on their own. So, when someone offers, for a tiny fee, to do all the legwork for you, you can bet many homeowners will […]

  While presenting tax appeal seminars over the past several years, I am repeatedly asked the question of whether someone needs an attorney to file a tax appeal. The answer is no, you do not need an attorney, but, before you decide to go forward without an attorney, you should ask yourself, do I have […]