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State Board of Equalization adopts controversial property-tax regulation
LAS VEGAS — The state Board of Equalization voted 4-to-1 Monday to adopt a controversial regulation, saying it would ensure property taxes are assessed fairly and equitably across the state.…
Tax board schedules dubious ‘quick-fix’ for property-tax system
CARSON CITY — Nevada tax authorities are poised to address the state's long-unlawful property-tax-assessment system Monday by adopting a quick-fix regulation that won't work, says a leading property-tax-appraisal expert. "There…
Property-tax conflict enters Nevada governor’s race
LAS VEGAS — Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon on Wednesday called for broad-based reform of Nevada's property-tax system by returning to market-based assessments and scrapping property-tax caps enacted in 2005.…
Chief Justice highlights state’s failures on property taxes
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Hardesty is voicing serious concern over the failure of the Nevada Legislature and state regulators to develop coherent laws and regulations…
Flying blind on property taxes
CARSON CITY — For nearly 30 years Nevada tax officials have failed to meet their constitutional requirement to develop and implement regulations ensuring that property-tax assessments are equalized statewide. State…
Long and bitter tax-appeal season expected
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Tax Commissioner and Elko rancher Hank Vogler says the state's property tax system is on a collision course with economic reality that could force state lawmakers…
How to appeal your property-tax bill
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's two-step property-tax assessment and billing system gives unsuspecting property owners no chance to contest their tax bills unless they carefully monitor assessment notices that county assessors…
Why your property taxes rose when the property’s value fell
CARSON CITY — Nevada's plummeting real-estate market has exposed serious flaws with a controversial property-tax-relief law rushed through the state legislature in 2005. State property-tax experts say the deep-rooted problems…
Board of Equalization reschedules hearing
LAS VEGAS — Backing off a threat to issue subpoenas to the state's 17 county assessors — who had indicated they would refuse to attend a Dec. 3 hearing to…
County assessors fight state request to appear
LAS VEGAS — In a sharp rebuke, Nevada's 17 elected county assessors yesterday refused a request by the state Board of Equalization to appear before a board hearing on Dec.…
Nevada’s property tax shaft
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Last July, Nevada Department of Taxation appraiser Shannon Silva sent an e-mail to an Indiana property-tax official desperately seeking guidance on how to apply two common appraisal…
For more than a decade, Nevada tax panel breaks law
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Tax Commission has violated state law for more than 10 years by failing to issue a statutorily required tax-policy manual to ensure that the…