Taxpayers in Monroeville, a suburb in the eastern part of Allegheny County and one of the County’s largest communities with more than 28,000 residents, are seeing firsthand the change in post-reassessment tax policy established by Act 71, a law passed by the General Assembly in 2005.
“It is important to understand that a taxpayer’s tax liability will not necessarily increase when the assessed value of their property increases…One of the common
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
Setting aside all the madness surrounding the reassessment process that began with the mailing of new values to property owners in Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver,
Since 2003, Allegheny County has offered a homestead exclusion that reduces the assessed value of owner-occupied residences by $15,000.
After years of extolling the fact that the property tax rate in Allegheny County had remained unchanged from 4.69 mills, the County Executive-elect has
Since 2003 Allegheny County has offered a flat, uniform deduction of $15,000 from the assessed value of owner-occupied property. The ability for the County
Last night County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee advanced a 1 mill increase in the property tax, a 21% increase that defies explanation. The
A newspaper article over the weekend provided an in-depth and interesting take on what it means to homeowners who have their street split down
The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) was set to receive $16 million under the initial 2012 budget proposed by the former County Executive,
