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Appraiser’s Lack of Support for Adjustments Once Again Dooms Taxpayer’s Appeal
Despite presenting an expert witness at trial, another taxpayer failed to convince the NewJersey Tax Court that its property was over assessed. In Arteaga v. Wyckoff, the taxpayer challenged the original assessments of a single-family home for tax years 2012, 2013, and 2015. Wyckoff underwent a revaluation for tax year 2015. The taxpayer filed appeals... Read More
Relevant Parcel Question on the U.S. Supreme Court Docket for 2016
Last week, the Court granted a cert. petition, which presented the following question: “In a regulatory taking case, does the “parcel as a whole” concept as described in Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104, 130-31 (1978), establish a rule that two legally distinct, but commonly owned contiguous parcels, must... Read More
