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Taxpayers’ Spot Assessment Claim Denied
The dismissal of a taxpayers’ challenge to their residential property tax assessment on the basis that it was an unconstitutional “spot assessment” was upheld on appeal for procedural reasons. Schwartz v. Township of Wayne, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Docket No. A-3756-07T2. The homeowners, Douglas and Mary Ann Schwartz, appealed their 2006 assessment,... Read More
Pro Se Litigant Given Another Chance in Tax Appeal
A New Jersey appellate court provided an Essex County homeowner with another chance to prosecute a property tax appeal on his residential property in Newark. Clarence Paul Roberts, who had filed an appeal of his property tax assessment with the Essex County Board of Taxation and New Jersey Tax Court, had that appeal dismissed by the... Read More





