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If you’ve been writing off your property taxes on your federal income tax form every year, you may need to be more careful with your figures if the recommendations of a report are accepted and adopted into legislation by Congress. A congressional committee recently suggested that many homeowners have been …

In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I discussed the basics of successfully challenging your property tax assessment. Reducing the assessed value of your property is your right by law. There are services available in high tax states that will file a grievance for you. Generally they charge an …

Property tax increases are a popular method used by municipal and county governments to raise revenue, but they can also have a big impact on the local real estate market. For example, a slight tax increase may drive demand for local homes down, a shift many might characterize as “negative”. …