Monday, February 18, 2013
The city has released an application that will measure your house's taxes for 2014.
Fresh on the heels of The Inquirer’ Actual Value Initiative map, which listed the likely property taxes by zip code for 2014 tax season under AVI, the city has released its own web application that allows users to find out what their taxes will look like in the coming year. The city’s web app, which you can check out here, asks you to enter your address. It will then kick back your property’s estimated value, what your taxes are in 2013 and, based on whether or not your applied for the homestead exemption, will let you calculate your tax rate. For example, if you were to plug in 22 E Mt. Airy Avenue (an address I pulled up for no reason at all) into the application, you’d find that the property’s 2013 taxes is $2,042. Under AVI, the …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Inquirer's interactive map gives homeowners a glimpse at how their property taxes could look in 2014.
With the city’s Actual Value Initiative still a year away, homeowners in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy can get a look at what they might be paying in property taxes in 2014 right now, thanks to the Inky and the city controller’s office. The Inquirer has created an interactive map that projects what the city’s taxes will look like under AVI in 2014, broken down by zip code. The map uses information compiled by the city controller’s office. You can read their full write-up of the tax breakdown here, and you can play with their interactive map here, but here’s how things shake out for the Northwest, according to the map (which I really suggest you play with): 10 percent 19119 3 percent More on AVI in the Northwest:
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Representatives from the city's Office of Property Assessments explain how your home's taxes will be formed in 2014.
With home values expected to reach homeowners in the Northwest before March 5, representatives from the city’s Office of Property Assessment were on hand in Chestnut Hill Tuesday to explain how property taxes would look in the coming year. The panel, which was the most recent in a line of discussions about the city’s forthcoming Actual Value Initiative hosted by the Chestnut Hill Community Association, was something of a spiritual successor to its city council panel in 2012, which left several attendees with more questions than answers. “It was clear at our last meeting … that our discussion could only go so far because we didn’t have the people putting this tax issue together [at the panel],” CHCA president Brian Tilley said. “This …
Monday, February 11, 2013
City representatives coming to Chestnut Hill to talk AVI on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Chestnut Hill Community Association is holding its second AVI panel. In this installment, city officials will explain how homes in the Northwest have been valued.
At the Chestnut Hill Community Association's first Actual Value Iniative and real estate tax panel - a panel that included a number of city council members and city officials - many residents asks the same question, a question they couldn't quite get an answer to. The question: How is my home going to be valued under AVI? What method is being used to decide its worth? That question should be answered at the CHCA's second AVI and Real Estate Tax panel on Feb 12. The second discussion will feature the city's chief assessor from the Office of Property Assessment, Richie McKeithen, and the deputy administrator for assessment programs and policy, Marisa Waxman, who will discuss the process used to find the value of the city's homes. CHCA …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The city is expected to start telling residents what their property is worth in less than a month.
The next important date in the city’s Actual Value Initiative is less than a month away. Philly.com is reporting that the city plans to start mailing notices to property owners regarding the value of their land under the AVI tax adjustment on Feb 15. City council members are expected to receive this information in the next eight days. Read the full story here, and check below for more information on the coming AVI:
The city is expected to start telling residents what their property is worth in less than a month.
The next important date in the city’s Actual Value Initiative is less than a month away. Philly.com is reporting that the city plans to start mailing notices to property owners regarding the value of their land under the AVI tax adjustment on Feb 15. City council members are expected to receive this information in the next eight days. Read the full story here, and check below for more information on the coming AVI:
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Four bills introduced in the state House of Representatives could change how AVI impacts the Northwest.
The Philadelphia delegation in the state House, including Cherelle Parker, Michelle Brownlee, Michael McGeehan and Michael O'Brien, introduced a series of bills aimed at lessening the impact on the city's forthcoming Actual Value Initiative (AVI) at a conference in Harrisburg on Tuesday. Parker said that the four bills would act in conjunction with the previously approved Homestead exemption and would serve to "address property tax reform." "We've laid out issues that could further assist the city's residents with dealing with unintended consequences that this tax transition could have on actual residents," she said. The four introduced bills would, if passed, attempt to do the following: Collect Overdue Taxes: "Our department of revenue …
Friday, November 16, 2012
With policy makers and political experts in town, Chestnut Hill residents came to a panel on Thursday night looking for answers.
Over 100 residents from Chestnut Hill and beyond gathered Thursday night to hear members of city council, city officials and political activists answer questions around the city's forthcoming Actual Value Initiative (AVI). The panel, which was organized and presided over by The Chestnut Hill Community Association, included city council members David Oh and Cindy Bass, as well as Rachel Meadows, a policy and research analyst from councilman Bill Green's office. The panel also included city controller Alan Butkovitz, Brett Mandel from the Tax Reform Commission and Ellen Kaplan from the Committee of Seventy. While the evening would see both the six-person panel and the audience butt heads on several issues surrounding AVI, the one thing most …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Homestead exemption deadline is Nov. 15.
As Mayor Michael Nutter says, property owners lack any reason to refrain from applying for the homestead exemption. All the application can do is lower resident's property taxes. However, Philadelphians who own and live in their homes only have until Nov. 15 to apply for the tax break for the 2014 tax assessment notice. “There is no reason not to apply for the Homestead Exemption,” Nutter said in a news release. “As the City of Philadelphia continues to work diligently to evaluate and assess all properties to establish a fairer, simpler property tax process for property owners, the Homestead Exemption can decrease a homeowner’s 2014 tax bill considerably.” Philadelphia City Council, the mayor's office and the Office of Property Assessment …
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