Episode Details

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]

If you enjoyed this interview with Irwin Mendelssohn, the Owner and Founder of Fulton Commons, learn more here.

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