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Taxpayer’s Appeal Allowed, Despite Objection to Late Service
Motion to Dismiss Tax Appeal Denied After County Tax Board Attempts to Implement Additional Service Requirements In a holding similar to an earlier decision this year — Hopatcong Fuel On You, LLC v. Hopatcong Borough, __ N.J. Super. __ (Tax 2010) — New Jersey Tax Court Judge Vito L. Bianco denied a municipality’s motion to dismiss a taxpayer’s appeal, where... Read More
NJ Courts Deny Property Tax Exemption
In two recent separate cases, both the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court and the New Jersey Tax Court have denied local property tax exemptions to not-for-profit organizations. In International Schools Services, Inc. v. West Windsor Township, 412 N.J. Super 511 (App. Div. 2010) the Appellate Division held that a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization did... Read More
Appeals Court Upholds Freeze Act Protection From Added Assessment
In an unpublished opinion released last week, Fifth Roc Jersey Associates, L.L.C. v. Town of Morristown, Docket No. A-5643-08T3 (App. Div. June 8, 2010), a New Jersey appeals court upheld a Tax Court decision granting a taxpayer’s application for “Freeze Act” protection against an added assessment. The property in question is a hotel in Morristown’s... Read More
