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On Behalf of Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C. | Feb 11, 2019 | Firm News, Taxes
Monroe County Reassessment Project: Episode #2 In our last post about Monroe County’s reassessment project, we announced a series of informational meetings scheduled for February in each of the County’s school districts. If you were unable to attend one of these...
On Behalf of Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C. | Feb 5, 2019 | Firm News, Taxes
Many property owners in Monroe County, PA are understandably anxious about the property reassessment results soon to be announced. For that reason, we are introducing a series of videos to explain the process, how to get more information, and how to challenge your...
On Behalf of Newman Williams, P.C. | Jan 9, 2019 | Firm News, Taxes
The Monroe County tax assessment project to reassess real estate in the County has begun. Notices of new tax assessments will be sent to property owners in March of 2019. But what if you feel the new assessment is not close to your property’s real value? If you...
On Behalf of Newman Williams, P.C. | Mar 16, 2018 | Firm News, Taxes
If your neighbor fails to pay the taxes on his house, is he absolved of any further obligation to maintain it? Logically, he should be responsible as long as he holds title. However, the law says otherwise because of a 16-year-old Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court...
On Behalf of Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C. | Jan 13, 2018 | Firm News, Jerry Geiger, School Law, Taxes
I gave a report at the last Pleasant Valley School District meeting on Thursday about how the new tax law changed 529 plans and could affect Pennsylvania School Districts. How this will play out is not yet known but it is something to watch. When Congress passed the...
On Behalf of Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C. | Oct 12, 2017 | Firm News, Jerry Geiger, School Law, Supreme Court, Taxes
Judicial Review of a Broken Funding Scheme On September 28, 2017, in William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided it had the authority and duty to decide whether Pennsylvania’s school funding scheme is so broken it violates the...
On Behalf of Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C. | Jul 5, 2017 | Firm News, Jerry Geiger, School Law, Taxes
The Dilemma of Non-Uniform Tax Assessments The only thing certain for Pennsylvanians, at least in 2017, is death and real estate taxes. This adaptation of a famous quote was attributed to one of our greatest Pennsylvania residents, Benjamin Franklin. Amid efforts to...
