A year after the 2013 reassessed values for Allegheny County were implemented and County and municipal tax rates adjusted to comply with state law requirements on revenue neutrality and degree of increase a lot of the tax rates are staying where they were set.
Under Act 71 of 2005 Allegheny County and its municipalities are required to rollback millage rates after a reassessment to be revenue neutral. Once at that rate, action can be taken to increase taxes up to 5% above the revenue neutral amount, and then a request for an increase greater than that can be taken to the Court of Common Pleas. We documented earlier this year how the Municipality of Monroeville took this course.
With no reassessment in 2014 the provisions of Act 71 are void this year and until another reassessment is undertaken (school districts in Allegheny County and across the Commonwealth have to abide by Act 1 of 2006).
It has been known that the City of Pittsburgh already indicated it would not boost its rate, but that there could possibly be adjustments to the rate. Recent news coverage shows that Ross, McCandless, Scott, Dormont, Upper St. Clair, Heidelberg, Green Tree, McKeesport, and Oakmont intend to keep millage rates steady in 2014.
