Even before the pandemic emptied office buildings from the Twin Cities to Duluth, there was a shift underway as more and more businesses offered employees the opportunity to work from home. The rise of the tech industry was helping to redefine the American workplace –...
At Robert Hill Law, we have represented people in property tax abatements whose property tax assessments were 25% to 50% higher than their properties’ true value. That could mean that challenging your tax assessment could reduce your taxes by up to half. Whether you...
The pandemic has changed so much of American life, including the way we shop. E-commerce sales had been growing before Covid-19 forced its way into our lives – e-commerce’s share of total retail volume reached 11 percent in 2019. The pandemic accelerated the trend,...
As readers of our Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog know, we have repeatedly detailed the fight waged by businesses for fair and accurate assessments of commercial properties. As part of our coverage of the topic, we have examined the efforts of big-box...
Robert Hill Law recently published a white paper on the process of seeking property tax abatements in Colorado. This SlideShare provides a quick dip into the topic. Robert Hill Law: You can't afford not to challenge your property taxes in Colorado from The Law Buzz...
Many regular Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog readers are familiar with the Triple Five Group. The Edmonton, Canada-based retail development company owns the Mall of America in Bloomington and the West Edmonton Mall in Canada. Back in the pre-pandemic...
There are reliable methods to determine the value of Minnesota Twins baseball players. Divide the number of hits a player has by the number of at-bats, and you find his batting average. Similar calculations can determine a hitter’s slugging percentage and a pitcher’s...
Filing a residential or commercial property tax abatement in Colorado is relatively straightforward. Unlike in other states, Colorado’s property owners can challenge their property value assessments even after they have paid the taxes and for two years in the past. So...
Regular readers of our Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog will recall a recent post about Northland commercial property taxes. A number of commercial property owners and their attorneys have filed petitions in tax court contesting St. Louis County...
Commercial property owners in the southern half of Minnesota will understand sentiments recently expressed by the head of a Northland property management firm who said the “residential (housing) market is booming . . . but the absolute inverse has occurred for...