Here is one of those issues I am perplexed has not even been raised yet. So we all know by now there is a mass property reassessment going on in Allegheny County. The news of late is that the reassessment itself is complete. It is not really complete... »
So roughly a quarter of Allegheny County had new assessment numbers that arrived in the mail Friday and Saturday. I am personally hoping that the lack of headlines and/or other rhetoric constitutes..... I dunno.... progress? Could it be?One big impo... »
(Note Wednesday January 11: If this is your first time here and are only interested in Allegheny County property assessments, before you look at the maps, you probably want to look at this earlier post where I go through explicitly the tax neutrality c... »
If you are coming here after reading Brian O's column today, the analysis there referenced comes from my post last week: Anger, Angst, AssessmentBut there is an update that is probably a bit more inconceivable to most. That first cut was looking at t... »
Just trying to stay ahead of the bow wave in all of this, and speculating a bit on what seems obvious that we are moving away from, not closer to, any assessment resolution in Allegheny County. It sure seems to me that the probability of timely proper... »
As an aside most know I am a big fan of the Guardian's Data Blog, so we will start with a plug for their e-book just out: Facts are Sacred.We will get back to that, but now yet again assessments. News is out with some of the latest numbers on commercia... »
If we're going to have property taxes (and I'm not sold on the necessity, but here we are!) you have to reassess property values regularly -- so that perceived increases in property value don't pile up, don't go unchecked, aren't as daring when they do... »
Filing your own taxes, while perhaps a satisfying activity for those who love numbers and spreadsheets, is a task many (including those of us at Patch) are happy to pay someone else to perform. Whom do you recommend in the North Hills? Who is the best ... »
