Realty Tax Consultant

The Daily Journal – News: Real estate tax deadline nears. June 08, 2009, 7:05 am Comment on this story. Iroquois County Treasurer Mindy Kuntz Hagan announced that the deadline to pay the first installment of real estate taxes without penalty is Tuesday. …
Deadline nears for Orange County “informal” property tax appeals … – Deadline nears [...]

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The budget is one of two topics in the City Council’s work session, which will be part of Monday’s special meeting.
In his Jan. 15 memo to the mayor and council, City Administrator Joe Helfenberger said the proposed 2009/2010 budget “would increase the city’s portion of the property tax rate by 6.47 cents per thousand [...]

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The deadline to pay property taxes without a penalty is nearing, and most Henderson County homeowners have beaten the cutoff date.
Those who don’t have their money in by the January 31 deadline will be charged a seven percent penalty in February, according to information from Henderson County Tax Assessor/Collector Milburn Chaney’s office.
County collections are now [...]

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The state could raise taxes by as much as $1.75 billion to help deal with its gargantuan budget hole.
That includes potential temporary sales tax increases to the tune of $1.5 billion and delaying the permanent repeal of Arizona’s $250 million equalization rate. Real estate groups and chambers of commerce want that property tax repealed, but [...]

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TAX REFORM The Legislature failed, yet again, to fundamentally change how Pennsylvania pays for its schools in its fourth attempt at property tax reform in nearly 20 years. There’s slots to be angry about.
RANTER’S NOTE: Tuesday is election day in Pennsylvania. To better prepare you for pushing the electronic buttons in a new-fangled voting booth, [...]

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Chamber lists recommendations on Draft REITS Regulations
Taxation of income of real estate investment trusts (REITS) on the lines of mutual funds, permission to investment in housing development activities, exemption of capital gains tax on the sale of assets of REITS and VAT ability of stamp duty payable by a REIT are among the 15-point recommendations [...]

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It has been said that “Now is the best time for a condo /Condominimum”   .  Is that so you may well ask ?   Here is such an expert “commentary”: 

 Think about a condo:

There’s a surplus of inventory in the condominium market, so your realtor should be able to negotiate a good deal for you when it [...]

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Alberta Canada can be an excellent place for Canadians to invest in quality diversified property.  To many Canadians the only opportunities may seem to be the more staid ones.  RRSPs bank accounts, GICs.  If real estate investments are to be made then it is the major centers – Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver – with perhaps [...]

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When purchasing a condo in 2009 it may seem “like the best of times”.

Yet all is not what it may seem notes Las Vegas noted real estate industry expert M.L. Labovitch.  The economist M.L. Labovitch notes that with the current downturn in the economy – that a “lot of people ( read investors or even [...]

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New Tax Monies for Roads – School in Danger of Closing
Growing tension among county leaders appears to have killed one plan to fix aging schools, and may jeopardize other efforts to land more money for expanded schools and roads.
Unfortunately, I think that the friction is starting to build,” County Council Chairman Cathy Vitale, R-Severna Park, [...]

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