Category: VAB Due Process For Taxpayers

September 27, 2014

A Queston About Filing Annual Returns Related to Property Tax Exemptions

"A taxpayer asks: Why must taxpayers file annual returns for some exemptions but not others?" This is a legal question, and the taxpayer should consult with an experience property tax attorney in his or her State, to make sure there is ...

July 26, 2014

Avoid a BIG TRAP in Florida Property Tax Appeals

Every state has different laws governing property taxes. One of the fundamentals is to know which one of two principles applies for all that follows should be consistent with the correct fundamental. Florida is a value in exchange state. That means ...

September 9, 2013

Covering The Territory

CPS often is asked where in Florida we have filed appeals. Here's a partial list: Alachua Bay Brevard Broward Charlotte Citrus Collier Columbia Duval Flagler Franklin Hamilton Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Indian River Lake Lee Leon Manatee Marion Martin Miami-Dade Monroe Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pasco Pinellas Polk St. Johns St. Lucie Sarasota Seminole Volusia Washington

August 20, 2013

Problems That Arise At TRIM Time – and Solutions

  First - Scribner's errors can occur given the long strings of numbers involved in parcel identification numbers. The solution is to file Value Adjustment Board petitions early enough to discover inadvertent errors in those numbers, and to correct them, well ...

August 4, 2013

Florida Value Adjustment Board Deadlines for 2013

Not all jurisdictions publish Value Adjustment Board deadlines and values in advance of mailing TRIM notices. However some do, and here are a few of the dates - although WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF THIS INFORMATON. It ...

July 30, 2013

DOR Proposes To Change Time Calculations

A notice, just sent out by the Florida Department of Revenue, fixes a problem of many years. Although almost every other form of deadlines for submissions of tax-related forms extends to the next business day, up to now BY RULE ...

July 29, 2013

Department of Revenue Value Adjustment Board Training – Changes to 2013 Draft

From Miami to Tallahassee, and places in between, there was an uproar over the 2013 Value Adjustment Board Training draft. More than 100 pages had been deleted. There was no redlined copy so everyone could follow what changed and what ...

April 7, 2013

The Systemic Problems Within the Value Adjustment Boards and in Florida

The Value Adjustment Boards (VABs) throughout the State represent examples after examples of non-compliance with governing laws. And, nothing is done about it so the result is about 300,000 petitioners, each year, are or face being cheated - by their own government. Rooted ...

September 24, 2012

Value Adjustment Board Audits

The last time the Auditor General did an audit of 14 Florida Value Adjustment Boards. That initial report of Findings and Recommendations led to significant changes in State laws - adding due process provisions intended to protect taxpayers who appeal ...

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June 11, 2012

Key Differences Between the Real World and Property Taxes

A comment from ...commercial office space ... (in India!) illustrates perspective.  When looking at commercial properties purely as an investment rather than as a partial-use property for business owners, the most important factor is supply and demand. We agree. Supply and demand ...