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There’s no doubt that the hospitality industry has had to deal with
major fallout from closures associated with COVID-19. Following
December 2020, most businesses remained shut up until the return of
outdoor dining on June 7, which marked six months of losses for pubs,
cafes, and restaurants across Ireland. This week, four more pubs went up
for sale, as a stark reminder of how badly hit some family businesses
were. The Wheeler Auctioneers posted The Granary Inn of Church Street,
Cahir, County Tipperary, for €225,000. The pub which according to the
listing has a “long-established bar trade” is being advertised as an
"Investment opportunity with fully licensed premises with no overhead
apartments. Read more
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It’s
been legal for half a year now bringing in tens of millions of dollars
in taxes, but the Arizona isn’t the only one benefiting from
recreational marijuana sales. A study suggests the more green people
consume, the more green goes in a homeowner’s pocket. The study shows
that from 2017 to 2019, home values increased $6,338 more in states
where marijuana is legal compared to states that haven’t legalized
marijuana. Read more
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The
city and the School District of Philadelphia may have to repay $48
million in taxes plus interest after Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration
this week lost its appeal of a 2019 case in which the city was found to
have illegally targeted commercial real estate owners in its 2018
property assessment. Read more
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IAAO NEWS
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COGO supports bill on recovering GPS damage costs
The
Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO), which includes IAAO and
URISA, recently contacted Sen. Jim Inhofe, Rep. Jim Cooper, and Rep.
Mike Turner to support the RETAIN GPS and Satellite Communications Act
(S.2166). COGO, chaired by IAAO member Christine Stinchcomb, is a
coalition of 13 national professional societies, trade and membership
organizations in the geospatial field. The legislation addresses
concerns the coalition has about the Ligado Networks’ proposed 5G
wireless network and the interference it could cause to GPS and GNSS
data acquisition, processing, and use. The letter states that testing
has repeatedly confirmed that implementation of Legado's network would
undermine many GPS data uses. The bill includes an understanding that
the Ligado Networks’ proposal will likely result in significant costs
that must be reimbursed to individuals and private sector businesses. Read the letters.
Conference registration closes Aug. 13
Online registration for the in-person Annual Conference closes on Friday, Aug. 13. All
future in-person registrations must take place on-site at the Hyatt
Regency Chicago. Registration for the virtual conference will close
Wednesday, Aug. 25. Read more
Rooms at the Hyatt Regency Chicago filling up fast
The
Annual Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, and the
hotel will continue to accept reservations at the IAAO contracted rate
as long as rooms are available. A one-night deposit of room and tax is
required to hold the room but may be cancelled without penalty up to 48
hours before scheduled arrival. In connection with recent events, the
hotel has enacted enhanced hygiene and cleanliness measures. Full hotel details
Register for 2021 Women’s Initiative Workshop focusing on Emotional Intelligence
Registration
now open for the Women’s Initiative Workshop, an online presentation to
take place over four days in September. The program topic will be “Building Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from a Foundation of Emotional Intelligence”
and will be presented by Christine Watkins Davies, MA, PCC; and Zach
Montroy, SPHR, on Sept. 22, 23, 29 and 30. All programs will run from
noon to 4 p.m. Central. The Emotionally Effective Leader Workshop
provides attendees with a deeper understanding of emotional intelligence
as well as a key set of tools to be a well-rounded leader in today’s
environment. The cost to register is $225 for IAAO members and $365 for
nonmembers. The deadline to register is Friday, Sept. 10, to allow
participants to receive and complete the EQi 2.0 Online Assessment
before the workshop. Participants will receive their individualized
27-page report at the session. Read more
Legal Seminar set for Fort Lauderdale; registration now open
The
IAAO 42nd Legal Seminar will take place Dec. 2-3 in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, and registration is now open. The seminar will cover legal
topics of interest to members of the assessment and property tax
industry. The seminar is at The Dalmar Hotel and attendees may reserve
by Nov. 1 for $195 per room, based on availability. Registration fees
are $500 for members and $700 for nonmembers until Nov. 1 and then
increase to $550 and $750. Read more
New winner picked in demographic campaign; update your profile for a chance at $50
Erika
Cowling of the City of Suffolk, Virginia, is the recipient of a $50
gift card for participating in the IAAO demographic data collection
campaign. IAAO launched the campaign on June 1. Members who update their
profile are entered in a drawing for $50 gift cards sponsored by Tyler
Technologies. The profile update includes additional information than
was collected in previous years. The information will be used to assess
IAAO’s membership makeup and highlight the diversity of our global
community. Update your profile here
Virtual Instructor Evaluation Workshop is Nov. 4-6
Registration
is now open for the virtual Instructor Evaluation Workshop for members
interested in becoming a virtual instructor. The IEW is an intensive
three-day event that allows participants to showcase training skills and
abilities related to the delivery of IAAO materials in a virtual
classroom setting. This IEW is a virtual experience and will be offered
Nov. 4-6 via the Zoom platform. Those who pass the virtual event will be
junior instructors and certified to teach in the virtual classroom.
Registration for the workshop closes on Sept. 6. Register here
Words with Assessors game ends next week
The last word in The Friends of the IAAO Paul V. Corusy Library Trust Words with Assessors game will be posted Aug. 10 and completed game cards can be brought to the conference or emailed to Toni Eichholz at eichholz@iaao.org
no later than Aug. 17. During the contest, which runs from May to Aug.
10, a new word will be hidden on library webpages each week and by
completed the playing card participants have the chance to win gift cards. The first word (LIBRARY) was in a May/June F+E article, and additional words (and hints)
are now on library pages. 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 game board
will take place the 2021 IAAO Annual Conference.
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IAAO Connect members are talking about whether or not to load capitalization rates for a tenant during times of vacancies . Read more
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY
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Sean
and Linda Walsh live in a ranch-style house along a bike trail and on
the edge of a lake in the small town of Lancaster, New York. Their
assessment is $540,000, a figure that matches the house’s fair market
value. Just four miles away, a similar house has the same $540,000
market value but an assessed value of $328,000. So, while the Walshes
pay $14,112 in property taxes annually, the owners of the other house
pay $8,422. What's the difference? Read more
The
widely circulated theory that the COVID-19 pandemic would drive a mass
exodus from gateway cities and into smaller towns and suburbs as people
fled dense urban areas and wholeheartedly embraced remote work is
proving to be largely unfounded. While it’s true that some who could
afford it left behind their urban apartments last year and bought houses
in the suburbs and others moved back with their families outside major
metros, the prevalence of those trends seems to have been overstated. Read more
Ohio Supreme Court turns down greenhouse property tax case
The
case stems from a property tax dispute involving Green Circle Growers,
which has argued the greenhouses are personal property not subject to
real estate taxes on its 186-acre site in Camden Township, Ohio.
Firelands Local Schools and Lorain County Auditor Craig Snodgrass argued
the greenhouses are legal “buildings” and “structures” that should be
included in the company’s property valuation for property taxes. In
March, the Ninth District Court of Appeals sided with Green Circle
Growers, declaring greenhouses to be personal property, not real estate.
That ruling stands because the Ohio Supreme Court will not consider the
case. Read more
State’s attorney sues to block $1 million property tax refund on Trump Hotel & Tower in Chicago
The
Cook County state’s attorney is trying to block a payment of $1 million
that the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board recently voted to refund on
the Trump International Hotel and Tower's commercial units for the 2011
tax year. Around $540,000 of that will be redirected from Chicago's
public schools. The appeal initially claimed the thousands of square
feet of vacant storefront at the tower along the Chicago River had no
value, and thus no taxes were owed. Read more
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Senior Appraisal Commercial, Charlotte County See more
+ Marietta, Georgia
Real Property Appraiser 1, 2, 3, or 4, Cobb County Board of Tax Assessors See more
+ Needham, Massachusetts
Director of Assessing, Town of Needham See more
+ Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Tax Assessor, City of Portsmouth See more
+ Fort Collins, Colorado
Chief Deputy Assessor, Larimer County Assessor See more
+ Hillsboro, Oregon
Business Personal Property Tax Auditor-Bilingual and Multicultural, Washington County See more
+ Soldotna, Alaska
Appraisal System Analyst, Kenai Peninsula Borough See more
Principal Appraiser, Kenai Peninsula Borough See more
+ Chesterfield, Virginia
Appraiser III, Chesterfield County See more
+ West Palm Beach, Florida
Appraiser III, Palm Beach County Appraiser's Office See more
+ Lincoln, Illinois
Supervisor of Assessments, Logan County See more
+ Corsicana, Texas
Chief Appraiser, Navarro Central Appraisal District See more
+ Newton, North Carolina
Tax Administrator, Catawba County See more
+ West Hartford, Connecticut
Property Appraiser III-Residential Property, Town of West Hartford See more
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