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'Extreme disappointment' and 'disgust' from Michigan city commissioners in response to active 'Dark Store' cases >
The
Sault Ste. Marie City Commission discussed the consideration of
appraisal services for seven active Michigan Tax Tribunal cases in
response to lower than usual property taxes. This reduction in taxes
could have a ripple effect around the state as schools, libraries,
community colleges, local governments, and public safety are all forced
to refund money to these retailers and reduce the services they offer or
increase taxes and fees on every other taxpayer in the community. The
seven cases relate to the value of commercial and industrial property
within the city and are similar to the “Dark Store” theory. Read more
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Private valuers will now be allowed to process property deals for
the purpose of stamp duty in a historic shift that will speed up
transfer of land and buildings. Kenya Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani has
allowed the chief government valuer to appoint private practitioners to
conduct property valuation on behalf of the government. The move
follows nearly 20 years of agitation by property dealers who have argued
that a “small pool of valuers” provided by the Ministry of Land was not
evenly distributed across the country. Read more
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 NYC's revenue loss less than feared as property taxes gain >
New York City’s tax revenue from March through August fell by $1.2
billion, or 3.5%, from a year earlier, a smaller decline than expected,
as property tax growth helped offset a sharp decline in sales-tax
receipts because of the coronavirus pandemic. Property taxes, the city’s
largest single revenue source, rose 3.9% to $16.3 billion, according to
a weekly economic and fiscal outlook from city Comptroller Scott
Stringer. Sales taxes plummeted 23.2%, or $918 million, after the
coronavirus shuttered thousands of shops, and restaurants, and dimmed
the lights on Broadway. Read more
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IAAO NEWS
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+ The end of Adobe Flash means new modules will replace IAAO 800 series >
IAAO will stop selling 800 level courses after Oct. 31 because
Adobe is removing Flash Player download pages from its site, and all
Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player
after Dec. 31. Anyone who buys these courses through Oct. 31 will be
able to run the course through the end of this year. The IAAO
Professional Development team is working on replacement courses and has
already started creating new learning modules that will be much more
engaging with higher quality and current content. The first two
scheduled to be released are “The Cost Approach to Value” and “The Sales
Comparison Approach to Value.” The release of these and other
courseware will be announced in upcoming issues of this publication as
well as on the IAAO website, so please stay tuned.
+ Nov. 2 is Legal Seminar early-bird registration deadline >
Monday, Nov. 2, is the early-bird deadline for the 41st Annual
Legal Seminar, set for Dec. 3-4, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Attendees can
register online or submit a paper form. Fees are $500 for IAAO members
and $700 for nonmembers until Nov. 1. After that date, fees increase to
$550 for members and $750 for nonmembers. The seminar will take place at
the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, and the IAAO Meetings Department has
been working with hotel officials to offer the seminar safely and
responsibly. Topics for the seminar include recent developments in real
property taxation, cost of equity relevance to valuation of a public
utility, valuation of renewable energy facilities, the impact of
Covid-19 on hotel and restaurant values, equal protection challenges in
property tax cases, public officials dealing with sovereign citizens,
and ethics for lawyers. Read more
+ Elections are Nov. 1-15; add Intelliscan to your email safe senders list >
The Board of Director elections are Nov. 1-15,
and IAAO Regular Members should have recently received an email from
Intelliscan Inc., the vendor handling the balloting, noting that on
Sunday, Nov. 1, members will receive a ballot via email. Members may
want to add Intelliscan to their “safe senders list.” Regular members
who have not received a ballot by Monday, Nov. 2, should contact John
Arbitell at johnarbitell@intelliscaninc.com or call 610-935-6176. Read more
+ Bylaws amendment on this year's election ballot
The IAAO Governance Committee has proposed amendments to the IAAO
Bylaws and the IAAO Board of Directors approved its release to be voted
on by regular members in the 2020 election, Nov. 1-15. The amendments
were compiled by the Governance Committee during a review of the
governing documents to ensure that the bylaws are clear, concise, and do
not repeat or conflict with other governing document language. A copy
of the document with proposed changes is available to view. Read more
+ Renew your IAAO membership today >
IAAO membership dues are now available to pay online via the IAAO
website, and members who are not on an agency bill may pay online or
return the invoice emailed to them. To pay online, log in to the IAAO
website, click on My Account, and then select "Renew My IAAO
Membership." With just a few steps you can complete the process. To pay
by mail, return the invoice with payment in U.S.$ funds and return to
the IAAO Lockbox address on the invoice. Read more
+ October webinar on Residential Waterfront Valuation Techniques >
The October webinar is “Get Creative — Residential Waterfront
Valuation Techniques” and is set for noon Central on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The webinar will discuss some techniques employed to improve the tricky
appraisal assignment of all types of waterfront property. These
techniques have been used with a number of different CAMA systems, which
is where the creativity comes in. Two hours of CEUs. The webinar will
be presented by Melissa Lombardo, CAE. Online registration is open. Read more
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IAAO Connect Corner
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+ Hot topics: Covid, multifamily housing >
IAAO Connect members are discussing the falllout from the coronavirus and multifamilty housing values. Read more
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY
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The Sarasota County property appraiser has gone to the Florida
Supreme Court in a dispute about whether a resident was entitled to a
full homestead property-tax exemption after renting two bedrooms to
tenants. Read more
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is dumping an Illinois official who’s under
investigation for trying to force a state agency to give President
Donald J. Trump a refund of more than $1 million on the property taxes
he paid on his Chicago skyscraper eight years ago. Mauro Glorioso,
executive director and general counsel for the Illinois Property Tax
Appeal Board, will be out of his job as of today as the Trump case
continues to cast a cloud over a state agency that’s also grappling with
a backlog of about 90,000 tax cases. Read more
+ Man arrested after attacking assessor's county vehicle with a baseball bat >
A man was arrested last week after he allegedly struck an Okanogan
County, Washington, Assessor’s Office employee’s vehicle with a baseball
bat. The assessor’s employee was appraising property when she was
confronted by Edward Conger, 60, and told to leave the property, the
Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The woman
returned to her county vehicle and then Conger allegedly hit the vehicle
with a bat, the release said. He was arrested on suspicion of
second-degree assault, intimidating a public servant, and second-degree
malicious mischief. Read more
+ Congressional Budget Office releases 2017 data on household income and tax burdens >
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office published an updated
analysis of the distribution of American households’ income and tax
burdens for 2017. The CBO data reinforces existing trends in household
income and tax burdens, showing that the federal tax system is
progressive and incomes continued to rise in 2017 as part of the broader
economic expansion post-Great Recession. Read more
+ A Florida mayor's list of 'underassessed' properties has commissioners questioning her motives >
Two Delray Beach, Florida, city commissioners are skeptical of
Mayor Shelly Petrolia’s version of how she obtained a list of 29 local
commercial properties alleging the properties were significantly
underassessed. Many of the properties on the list are associated with
her political opponents. Either the agents or the developers themselves
often made political contributions to her political foes. Petrolia said
she simply suggested that then-City Manager George Gretsas review the
assessments. She said she was unaware of the political affiliation of
the property owners. Read more
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+ Lincoln, Nebraska >
Senior Commercial Appraiser, Lancaster County Assessor/Register of Deeds See more
+ Stockton, California >
Transfer Technician Supervisor, San Joaquin County See more
+ Wausau, Wisconsin >
Property Appraiser, City of Wausau See more
+ Fairfax, Virginia >
Real Estate Appraiser II, Fairfax County Government See more
Real Estate Appraiser I, Fairfax County Government See more
+ Chelsea, Massachusetts >
+ Fort Worth, Texas >
+ Troy, Michigan >
Chief Residential Appraiser, Flagstar Bank See more
+ Oakland, Michigan >
Sr. Staff Review Appraiser, (remote) Flagstar Bank See more
+ Oakland, California >
Auditor-Appraiser, Alameda County See more
+ Fayetteville, North Carolina >
Senior Appraisal Specialist, Cumberland County See more
Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, U.S. Bancorp See more
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