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Real Estate Taxes

Monday, November 19, 2012

Sewickley Council Plans Final 2013 Budget Adoption

The council meeting takes place at 7:30 p.m.

Sewickley property owners could see a lower millage rate in 2013, but that's primarily because the Allegheny County property reassessments increased property values in the spring countywide. Sewickley Council plans to formerly adopt a final $4.9 million budget tonight at 7:30 p.m. during the regular meeting. If approved, the budget would keep service levels while reducing taxes from 7.3 mills to 6.5 mills.  At 6.5 mills, a property owner would pay $650 in real estate taxes for each $100,000 of assessed property value. Under the law, Borough Manager Kevin Flannery said the allowable amount of real estate taxes the borough can collect in 2013 cannot exceed 5 percent of the 2012 assessed real estate valuation. But without finalized figures …

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Sewickley Area Reassessment Notices Are Out, Also Available Online

Did your assessment go up or down?

At long last, residents in the Sewickley Valley will learn of their property reassessments. Notices of the court-ordered reassessments were mailed Wednesday, but property owners can access the information online by clicking here to search for a specific address. This year's county, township and school district real estate taxes will be based on the 2012 assessed value, which you can find by clicking here. The court-ordered assessed values will not be used to calculate tax bills until 2013. For frequently asked questions about the court-ordered reassessment, click here. If you do not agree with the reassessment, you may appeal it. Here is what the county's Office of Property Assessments says to do: You may schedule an “informal review,” as …

Feather

4:39 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012

Yep, my went up, they never go down. WHAT THEY GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY? Casino's revenue and Lottery suppose to prevent this. What are they doing with this money? Quaker valley needs to lower their budget and their tax rate and so does each boro.   more ›

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