Tag Archives: property appraiser

Big Step Forward For Florida Taxpayers

For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the Florida Department of Revenue filed a brief on behalf of a Florida taxpayer. There is a Homestead Exemption case before the Supreme Court. DOR agrees with the legal positions ...

Troubling new law affects taxpayers …

In Jacksonville, you can hear Duval County VAB petitioner after VAB petitioner during the VAB meeting for 2011 on the video at http://www.coj.net/departments/regulatory-boards-and-commissions/value-adjustment-board/meeting-minutes---video.aspx. In Palm Beach, the Property Appraiser just filed suit against that VAB, claiming unlawful conduct based upon the ...

In Support Of Selected Candidates For Public Office in Florida …

Marsha Faux is running for re-election as the Property Appraiser of Polk County. When we first met it was at a VAB Hearing which had contentious origins, and it wasn't initially clear if her presence would make the outcome more complicated. As ...

A Phone Call Request From a Property Appraiser’s Deputy

The caller asked for an explanation regarding the disqualification of a certain sale of real property that was conveyed "subject to" a long-term lease with a public corporation of high credit. TO:         (deleted) Office of the Property Appraiser  FROM:  Sheila Anderson  DATE:   February 1, ...

More From DOR – On The Presumption Of Correctness

CPS objected, more than once, to a special magistrate ruling on the Presumption of Correctness before permitting rebuttal and testimony from petitioner. The special magistrate refused to honor the objection, therefore giving a strong advantage to the property appraiser. A complaint was ...

Another Way Assessment Differs From Appraisal

 At a VAB Hearing yesterday, a question arose. Had the Property Appraiser properly disqualified comparable sales because they were foreclosures or deeds in lieu? CPS agreed with the disqualifications, but the special magistrate did not because he said in appraisal foreclosed transactions ...

Buyers Should Be Careful Not To Violate Any Laws

One common way buyers, in fact members of the general public, may violate the laws - in a criminal sense - is to go onto someones land without authority or without an invitation. That's potential trespassing, and you could be ...