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Sunday, 19 June 2011

Property Tax Attorney

A property tax attorney can be of assistance if a homeowner is concerned about any of the town’s statements on their property tax bill.  A homeowner may want to contest the property tax assessment value of their home or issues such as the town’s failure to include in that assessment certain environmental or conservation tax exemptions or abatements from that assessment.  A homeowner can successfully pursue that process himself but may be overwhelmed by the legalities involved with State hearings and town filings.  Sometimes a homeowner may want to involve that services of a property tax attorney to best asset his rights and interests in a property tax abatement hearing.

Contesting Property Value Tax Assessments

A homeowner’s property is taxed based on the town’s assessment value of that property and the value of any homes or other dwellings on it.  Property tax assessments are not made every year and when they are made, they very rarely go down, but rather they usually go up. This may cause the homeowner problems if he wants to sell his property. Many potential buyers look at the town’s property tax record and the town’s valuation and assessment of the property as well as the fair market value.
 Other types of issue that can arise involve such mistakes as the town claiming taxes on a two family home rather than a single family home.  A single family homeowner will have less property tax liability on the dwelling than a two family homeowner.

Delinquent Property Taxes

A property tax attorney can provide important assistance if a homeowner owes delinquent property taxes.  A tax attorney may be able to help you save your property from a town held property tax auction of the home and land to pay those taxes.  Many time in hotly contested divorces that family home is intentionally placed at risk of loss by one of the parties by non-payment of town property taxes.  The person still living in the home may be booted out onto the street by a town forced sale of the property to recover the unpaid taxes.  It is a heartless tact that unconscionable attorney often use to extort that title to the land from the proper owner.  To fight that kind of situation the only answer is to resort to the assistance of a qualified property tax attorney.  He may be able to establish a repayment plane with the town to keep the roof over the heads of the homeowner and his children.

Help for Property Taxes

A homeowner may need the assistance of a property attorney that understands the property tax laws and has dealt with property tax issues. Consider years of paying thousands out in improperly assessed taxes at an undue rate against the cost of hiring a property tax attorney to contest the town’s assessments and successfully abate them.  Many a town has denied a homeowner property tax abatement petitions without genuine basis or cause.