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The effects of a housing slump are rippling through Shasta County’s economy, with decreased retail sales, spikes in home foreclosures and bankruptcy filings, and a drop in charitable giving.
“Housing is certainly the primary thing,” said bankruptcy attorney Dennis Cowan, whose office has been swamped with financially distressed clients. He’s booked six weeks out.
Bankruptcy filings in [...]

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Foreclosures reach
record highs
The nationwide housing slump hit St. Lucie County — one of the fastest-growing areas of the country and the Treasure Coast’s growth engine — especially hard.
Foreclosures in the county doubled, tripled and even quadrupled from 2006 to 2007. Court officials said the number of foreclosure cases had been building for two years as [...]

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Or, if you’ve already taken care of that, good for you. We’ve also got some things to think about tomorrow when 2008 arrives.
New_year_baby_2 So without further ado, here’s Tax Carnival #27: Waiting for the Tax Ball to Drop.
As the traditional Auld Lang Syne says, let’s not forget the old acquaintance of this soon-to-end tax year. [...]

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Robert Beale’s world is in collapse.
Not so very long ago, he had a wife, a family and substantial wealth. He was a leader of his church and a successful business executive.
Then he decided he had the legal right to stop paying his taxes.
Now Beale wears the orange jumpsuit of a jail inmate, back in custody [...]

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According to News-Press sources, the latest configuration of the ambitious project adds more real estate on the east side of S. Maple Street that is currently under contract to the developer, allowing for a larger hotel component, and lowers the height of the main residential structure. Those two elements have been key to some City [...]

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The budget, prepared in a new format in accordance with state regulations, was presented by Bob Pellegrino, management consultant to the township, who helped township staff prepare the budget in the absence of a township manager. Pellegrino is working with the township on addressing how the township utilizes its employees, creating job descriptions and making [...]

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The Role Of The Property Tax Consultant In Litigation By: Paul Pennington
In the event that a valuation settlement cannot be reached during the administrative remedy, the property owner and/or manager often ask for recommendations regarding possible litigation from their property tax consultant. Since litigation support is a large practice area in the property tax consultant [...]

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The budget, prepared in a new format in accordance with state regulations, was presented by Bob Pellegrino, management consultant to the township, who helped township staff prepare the budget in the absence of a township manager. Pellegrino is working with the township on addressing how the township utilizes its employees, creating job descriptions and making [...]

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Some Wyoming lawmakers say recent, sharply lower revenue projections could mean that the state can’t afford to offer residents a break on residential property taxes.  State revenue forecasters in October had predicted that Wyoming would have more than $900 million in extra revenue for the fiscal year that begins this July. But in a new [...]

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Tax time is coming a little earlier this year.
Lawrence County Treasurer Stephen Dale Burcham said first-half real estate tax bills are being printed now and will be mailed Friday, Jan. 16. The first-half tax deadline will be Feb. 27 — a week earlier than last year.
Some government employees are being offered the option of [...]

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