Assessments

==Background==
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* Planks on Assessments from Mark Rauterkus
==Links==
* Property Tax
* Property Tax Reform
===Media===
* Residents leave hearings dazed - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by Lara Brenckle, July 21, 2006 -- David Schrim left his property assessment appeals hearing Thursday dazed. Schrim, 51, thought he had done a thorough job collecting information about the house he bought last year on Gardenia Drive in Penn Hills.
* Editorial: Assessed damage / A key ruling undercuts the base-year method September 17, 2006, Post-Gazette
:People want their elected officials to keep a lid on taxes, but how you get there is just as important. Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato believes the base-year approach to property assessment is a way to bring property taxes under control.
:But an important court ruling last week confirmed the unfairness to many in the county of turning the assessment clock back to 2002. Perhaps more important, the ruling left property owners feeling uncertain about how long the base-year method will even stand...