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Lancaster County mailed out its 2027 Final Property Reassessment Notices (“Notices”) on June 15, 2026. Accordingly, because this is technically an interim assessment, you would have 40-days from the June 15, 2026 mailing date to file an interim assessment appeal, which would be July 25, 2026. See 53 Pa.C.S. § 8848(c)(1). However, since July 25…

Lancaster County is currently going through a countywide reassessment whereby the county is going to reassess every property within its border. The last time Lancaster County performed a countywide reassessment was in 2018. Lancaster County will mail 2027 Assessment Notices to all property owners containing the final assessed values before July 1, 2026. Property owners…

On May 30, 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a Commonwealth Court decision that Pottstown Hospital, LLC (“Hospital”) did not qualify as an institution of purely public charity entitled to real property tax exemption.

In 2023, the Commonwealth Court had held in a group of four related decisions — Pottstown School District v. Montgomery County…

In CCP Berks, LLC v. Berks Cnty. Bd. of Assessment et al., 562-64, 570, & 595 C.D. 2024 (Pa. Cmwlth Ct.  Apr. 1, 2025), in a 2-1 decision, Commonwealth Court effectively declared that a party initiating a real estate tax appeal is unable to withdraw the appeal unless all parties agree.  In 2020, property…

In an unreported panel decision of Armstrong Township v. Lycoming County Board of Assessment Appeals and Choice FuelCorp, Inc., 140 C.D. 2022 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. Apr. 5, 2024), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed the trial court’s order that had enforced a settlement agreement between Armstrong Township (the “Township”) and Choice FuelCorp, Inc. (“Choice”).

Pennsylvania real estate taxes are usually very large line items on any corporate balance sheet. Accordingly, you should be reviewing your assessed value(s) on an annual basis if you are a Pennsylvania commercial or industrial property owner or a lessee of a commercial or industrial property that pays the property taxes as part of your…

In Mixell v. Cumberland County Board of Assessment Appeals, 313 A.3d 330 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2024), the Commonwealth Court held that the Board of Assessment Appeals (“Board”) had failed to show proof of mailing sufficient to establish that a property owner had received hearing notices in her property tax appeal.

The property owner had…