Assessing Your Assessemen... Fair to say, if you are living in New Jersey, you are probably paying more property taxes than you should. The National Taxpayers Union, in fact, estimates
Restrictions in Comparabl... While it is a tax assessors job to review all of their sales and weed out exclusions that do not reflect market value, this high rate
No Matter Where You Live ... 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
Tax Appeals Drop To Lowes... Property tax appeals in New Jersey fell for the fourth straight year in 2016 to their lowest level since 2008, an indication people were less stressed about
New Monmouth County Asses... From: Asbury Park Press Across Monmouth County, a new way of assessing property values, the Assessment Demonstration Program or ADP, is leaving property owners either outraged
Settling Out Of Court Les... As municipalities continue being hammered with tax appeals, billions of dollars in revenue are being lost by the state. In 2011, muncipalities in New Jersey lost in
A Layman’s Knowledg... The Tax Court in a recent unreported decision allowed evidence, including adjustments to comparable sales by a pro se taxpayer at trial. However, the case, Kula v.
Reducing New Jersey’... The possibility of reducing property taxes by consolidating the 565 municipalities of New Jersey was called into question in a recent study conducted by the Rutgers University’s
Comparables As “Ar... Homeowners I find will often make the often fatal mistake of using distressed sales as comparables, assuming this is allowable. What needs to be understood is
Risk In Being Underassess... In the minutes of a recent council meeting in Westfield I saw something that caught my eye: a suggestion by the Finance Policy committee that the tax
Filing Delay Costs Bergen... A property owner attempted to file a tax appeal for the 2010 tax year with the Bergen County Board of Taxation on the April 1st filing deadline.