Some property owners pay inaccurate property tax levels by as much as 20% to 30%.
By Josh Malancuk with JM Tax Advocates
With cash-starved states and municipalities looking under every nook and cranny for revenue, manufacturers with lots of fixed assets and personal property are generally taking it on the chin when it comes to their property tax assessments.
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Many of your business clients, especially manufacturers, sense their assessments are too high. But most don’t have the time, resources or expertise to challenge their assessment through the protest or appeal process before the deadline. And so, overpayments continue for another cycle and then again, and again and again. That’s what assessors count on. But you owe it to your clients to keep your assessors accountable through available appeals and to help them avoid overpaying taxes year after year.
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