Property assessments: a crucial policy issue for chief executive candidates
Summary: Allegheny County’s current property assessments went into effect Jan. 1, 2013, following a court ruling. Pennsylvania law permits counties to use a base year
Summary: Allegheny County’s current property assessments went into effect Jan. 1, 2013, following a court ruling. Pennsylvania law permits counties to use a base year
Summary: This year, several Allegheny County elective offices are on the November ballot, including the office of chief executive. Having served the maximum three consecutive
Summary: Allegheny County’s assessed property values in 2022 stand at $106.5 billion, with $84.4 billion taxable and $22.1 billion exempt from taxation. These figures are
Many taxpayers are not happy with their new assessments. Those who think their new assessed value is too high have initiated appeals. Count among this
Notwithstanding the results of appeals, the total assessed value of real property in Allegheny County is expected to increase 35 percent when new values are
On April 29th of this year, the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania ruled Allegheny County’s baseyear plan unconstitutional and sent the matter "to the[County] court to determine
In a long running drama remarkably similar to the case in Allegheny County, a Commonwealth Court judge denied Washington County’s appeal of a November 2011
It has been two and half years since Judge Wettick ruled Allegheny County’s base year assessment system unconstitutional and ordered an updated assessment to be
“Out with the new, in with the old” seems an apt description of what transpired last week. In the latest twist in the never ending
“Pittsburgh residents will soon receive their 2012 property value from Allegheny County’s Office of Property Assessment. Allegheny County is the governing body responsible for determining