Sunday, February 17, 2013
Cuyahoga County officials warn against paying third-party vendors when the service is available for free through the county.
If you're looking for assistance in appealing your property valuation, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald warns against using third-party companies. The county offers assistance for free at the County Fiscal Office and the Board of Revision, according to a press release. ValueAppeal, LLC of Seattle and Tax Compliance Services, LLC, a company with a Cleveland mailing address, are two of several companies mailing letters to Cuyahoga County taxpayers indicating the county’s value of their property might be in incorrect and that "the owners could be overpaying by thousands of dollars," the press release states. Some companies offer "a custom or specialized report" for a price, said Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer Wade Steen. "However, the…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The company that runs the facility to pay adjusted property taxes through 2014, based on new property valuation agreement.
The Lakewood City School district has reached a settlement agreement with the city and the company that operates Winterhurst Ice Arena. The issue stems from the school district’s ability to collect taxes on the property at 14740 Lakewood Heights Boulevard. The city owns the property, but leases it for $75,000 per year to Ice Land USA. Once the city relinquished control of the property in 2008, it became taxable by the school district. However, going back to 2009, there has been some disagreement about the fair-market value of the land. The Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office had the property valued at $3.7 million from 2009 to 2011. Complaints were filed with the county’s board of revision to lower the value to around $1 million per year. Then…
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Residents can bring forward complaints on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Cuyahoga County residents will be able to dispute property values in Night Court. For the first time, the county Boards of Revision will be conducting hearings on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the next month. Two boards will hear 14 complaints each night starting at 5:30 p.m. “For people working hard to make ends meet, it can be a real sacrifice to take time off work to come downtown and be heard,” said County Executive Ed FitzGerald said in a written statement. “Hopefully, by offering ‘night court’ at the Boards of Revision, we can make this process a little bit easier for people.” The county has seven boards of revision to hear complaints about property values. Owners may dispute their own property values or the value of neighbors’ …
Janelle
10:55 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I am hoping it is a joke. Our children in elementary and middle school are having programs and teachers cut, but the hockey team is getting free practice and parties?!?!?!?! Are you kidding me??? Just shows how truly screwed up this board is. Good luck getting that levy passed....good luck more ›