Property Assessments Won't Take Effect Until 2013
Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. rules that new property assessments wouldn't go into effect until 2013.
Allegheny County residents will be taxed on their 2002 property assessments for another year. Allegheny County Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. ruled Thursday that newly issued property assessments would be implemented in 2013 instead of this year. The court ordered that the Pittsburgh School District, the city of Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver — which already received new assessment values — are permitted to use the 2011 assessment for the purpose of setting their budgets and levying taxes for 2012. Wettick also ruled that the 2012 reassessment values be used for the 2013 tax year for those taxing bodies. According to a press release issued by the office of County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Wettick stated that the court would decide what numbers …
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