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The
Kansas Supreme Court waded into a simmering dispute last week in the
assessing industry on valuing real property of big-box retails stores by
overturning lower court decisions that rejected Johnson County’s
evaluation of nine Walmart Inc. and two Sam’s Club stores.
The
state’s highest court unanimously reversed a 2021 decision of the
Kansas Court of Appeals and previous action by the Kansas Board of Tax
Appeals that found the county overvalued the retailers’ property by tens
of millions of dollars.
Walmart took legal action to challenge methods used by the Johnson
County, Kansas, Appraiser’s Office that resulted in 2016 and 2017
appraisals nearly double the 2015 tax values for the properties. Read more
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Within
the past two years, outside investors bought over 7,000 single-family
homes in Shelby County, limiting the supply of affordable housing for
first-time homebuyers. Read more
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One of the last affordable housing options left in
America is mobile homes, but just like houses, people are being priced
out of those, too. Read more
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IAAO NEWS
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July 29 webinar: Finding New Blood
Finding new people for the industry will be the subject of an IAAO webinar in July.
The webinar, “Finding New Blood,” will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Central on Wednesday, July 29.
The session will review how in the next five to 10 years, the assessing
industry will lose 40% or more of its workforce. How do we find new
people to get involved?
In Michigan, a committee has been working to figure that out. Hear how
they plan to draw some new blood into the assessing profession.
The webinar will be presented by Amy L. DeHann, MMAO-Assessor, Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County and will be coming from IAAO Studios sponsored by Tyler Technologies.
The webinar is eligible for one CEU hour and is $55 for members and $110 for non-members. Read more
Next in-person IEW set for Alabama
The 2023 IAAO in-person IEW will take place Jan. 9-11 in Point Clear, Alabama.
The three-day event is open to qualifying IAAO members and will be just
before the First Annual Conference of the Alabama Chapter of IAAO.
Those who pass the IEW audition will be considered a junior instructor
and will be able to teach in the live classroom. Anyone who speaks a
second language either fluently or with a high degree of proficiency is
encouraged to apply.
For more information and to complete the application, please access the
IEW online application. Registration is now open and spots are limited. Read more
Workplace expert Amy Gallo will speak
at WIN workshop, Women ’s Luncheon
The IAAO Women’s
Initiative Network (WIN) announced that this year’s WIN workshop will be
led by conflict, communication, and workplace dynamics expert Amy
Gallo. She is an author, editor, and podcast co-host of Harvard Business
Review’s Women at Work.
Amy has written both
“The HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict,” a how-to guidebook published
in 2017, as well as her forthcoming book, “Getting Along: How to Work
with Anyone (Even Difficult People)” which is due out in September.
WIN’s one-day virtual
workshop, Getting Along: Navigating Conflict in the Workplaces, is
scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central on Nov. 1. It will teach a
deeper understanding of interpersonal dynamics, including gender and
racial dynamics, while increasing awareness of personal communication
styles. The workshop is $195 for members and $275 for nonmembers, and
workshop registration includes a copy of her new book. Additional
information and registration is available online.
CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
Amy will also be a
speaker at the IAAO 2022 Annual Conference Women’s Luncheon on
Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Boston.
You can register for the
luncheon ($60) by selecting the option during the conference
registration process, or by emailing Allyson Weber, weber@iaao.org; or Rachel Mense, mense@iaao.org.
Learn about the library in Words with Assessors
For the second year, the Friends of the IAAO Paul V. Corusy Library
Trust are inviting IAAO members to a game of Words with Assessors, with a
chance to win gift cards. During the contest, which runs until August,
words will be hidden on library webpages. Just find the words and enter
them on the playing card.
The first word (STANDARDS) is noted on the playing card clues, and the
additional words will be posted on library pages starting on dates
listed on the card (June 27).
Participants will learn more about the library and the resources it has
to offer. The drawings for gift cards for those members who find the
most words and complete the playing card will take place at the 2022
IAAO Annual Conference. Completed cards can be brought to the conference
or emailed to library@iaao.org by Aug. 15.
July 15 early bird deadline for the 2022 Annual Conference
The early bird deadline is July 15 for registration for the 2022 IAAO Annual Conference, Aug. 28-31 in Boston.
The IAAO Annual Conference is the premier platform to share successes,
discover best practices, and learn the latest research in the field of
property appraisal.
Attendees can register online or download and print a paper
registration form. Vision Government Solutions is the registration
sponsor. Register here.
Also, the IAAO Local Host Task Force has tickets for a game between the
Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox at historic Fenway Park on
Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27 and is handling the annual golf tournament.
To register for the IAAO golf tournament or to buy baseball tickets, go
to the Massachusetts IAAO chapter website at ma-iaao.org.
The Annual Conference will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in
Boston. In-person attendees can earn up to 12.5 credit hours from the
main conference and eight additional hours from pre-conference
workshops. Virtual attendees will have 11.5 preselected credit hours
available via the livestream. Read more
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IAAO CONNECT CORNER
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IAAO Connect members are talking about the benefits of using Microsoft’s Power BI desktop software. Read more
| AROUND THE INDUSTRY
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Independent reviewer rejects outside
regulator to police RICS members
An independent regulator
to police RICS members has been rejected by Lord Michael Bichard in his
report into how RICS is run.
Bichard was appointed in
2021 to lead a review into the governance and purpose of RICS. He said
recently that it would be a mistake to set up an outside regulation
body, but he warned that he would not be surprised if the UK government
considered the proposal.
“It (RICS) is, of
course, not the only professional body to have wrestled with these
problems and in professions such as solicitors, auditors, and healthcare
professionals, the government has intervened to create separate
regulatory or oversight bodies," Bichard said. Read more
Study: Prop 13 property tax benefits vary
While
home ownership remains a challenge for people of color, a new report
argues that California’s landmark law limiting property tax increases
keeps those who do achieve it from equally reaping the benefits.
Under Proposition 13, a
report says, white homeowners get annual property tax breaks that are
more than 80% higher on average than Black homeowners and more than
twice the tax breaks Latino homeowners receive. It’s another way the
iconic law contributes to unequal wealth building in a state with the
second-lowest rate of homeownership in the nation, say researchers for
the Opportunity Institute and Pivot Learning.
In the past 40 years,
Prop. 13 has been studied extensively for its effects on government
revenues, the housing market and on generations of homeowners. More
recently, reform advocates are focusing on ways it is extending racial
disparities. Read more
Opponents appeal Rivian’s property tax deal
to county superior court
A
legal complaint from local opponents in Georgia filed with the Morgan
County Superior Court last week is aiming to overturn Rivian’s lucrative
tax-exempt status, which would garner more than $700 million in tax
breaks over the course of 25 years for the electric automaker.
The complaint alleges
that the Rivian rental agreement, which allows the California-based
automaker to build a $5 billion electric vehicle manufacturing plant
atop a nearly 2,000-acre site spanning across Morgan and Walton
counties, should not be exempt from paying traditional property taxes. Read more
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