Allegheny County’s Giant Tax Reset, Explained
Allegheny County has been ordered to reassess every residential and commercial property in the county — about 550,000 — for the first time since 2012, but that doesn’t mean your taxes will go up. Host Megan Harris is with the Post-Gazette’s Mike Wereschagin to talk about why PA law is so weird, what’s gotta happen by 2032, and how state lawmakers could fix this problem for good — if they really wanted to.
Notes and references from today’s show:
- In a major ruling, a judge has ordered Allegheny County to conduct a property reassessment within five years [Post-Gazette]
- Allegheny County must begin full property reassessment by 2027, judge rules [CBS News]
- ‘Not uniform’: Churchill property owner files lawsuit to force countywide reassessment [Post-Gazette]
- Why Philly lawmakers are pushing to repeal this obscure Pa. tax rule [WHYY]
- Explainer: The history behind Pennsylvania’s flat income tax [Spotlight PA]
- Property assessments easier in neighboring states [Post-Gazette]
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