Name: Sheerin v. LaPorte County Assessor Date Issued: December 11, 2019 Property Type: Vacant lot Assessment Year: 2015 Point of Interest: Appraisal offered by Assessor had minor flaws but sufficiently established a prima facie case supporting the assessed value of a vacant lot. … [Read more...]
Indiana Military Museum loses the Educational Purpose Exemption Battle but wins a 75% Charitable Purpose Exemption
November 17, 2019 Leave a Comment
Name: McClain Museum, Inc. v. Madison County Assessor Date Issued: November 7, 2019 Property Type: Museum Assessment Year: 2014 Point of Interest: Tax Court affirms denial of educational exemption for military history museum, but it reversed the Indiana Board of Tax Review and applied a 75% exemption … [Read more...]
How Value Transfers Reduce Property Tax Liability
November 14, 2019 Leave a Comment
Investment value is not market value for property tax purposes because the excess value transfers elsewhere. But where does the value go? When a new building enters the market with a headline-grabbing development budget, the local tax assessor is often happy to use the value stated on the construction permit as … [Read more...]
Indiana Board of Tax Review may not ignore Taxpayer’s legal arguments; Totality of Evidence supported 100% charitable purpose exemption for apartment complex
November 4, 2019 Leave a Comment
Name: Hebron-Vision, LLC v. Porter County Assessor Date Issued: October 28, 2019 Property Type: 80-unit apartment complex Assessment Years: 2012-2015 Point of Interest: Reversing the Indiana Board of Tax Review, the Tax Court held that, based on a reasonable review of the totality of record evidence, … [Read more...]
Indiana Tax Court to Assessor: “Taxpayers deserve more than taxation by trickery”
October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment
On May 24, 2018, the Indiana Tax Court in Switzerland County Assessor v. Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC partially reversed the Indiana Board of Tax Review, ordering a further reduction to the values of its hotel, riverboat casino, golf course and related property for the 2009 to 2014 assessments – resulting in … [Read more...]
Evidence of Construction Costs and Comparable Assessments Insufficient to Challenge Indiana Homeowner’s Property Tax Value
September 30, 2019 Leave a Comment
In Guthrie v. Clark County Assessor (August 13, 2019), Taxpayer challenged the 2018 assessment of her home, pole barn and other improvements before the Indiana Board of Tax Review. She argued that the actual construction costs were below the assessed value. Taxpayer’s husband was a builder and contractor, and … [Read more...]