Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jc44wjq wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:14 PM

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They should have hired UPMCs tax lawyer office...

My guess is that the judgment will include some sort of back taxes, or taxing jurisdictions are sending out back bills as we speak, but tower will inevitably delay things by appealing.

IamSauerKraut t1_jc473ay wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:30 PM

Can "back bills" for RE taxes be sent out? Not sure that is how it works.

Taxing authorities generally get one chance to send out their RE bills and the taxpayer gets one chance with a limited time period to appeal that bill. Believe that is what was done here, with no reach onto other properties.

Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jc48yfi wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:43 PM

Depends on what the judge says. If the judge feels they purposefully misrepresented their non profit status for x number of years I'm wondering if there is a way taxing bodies can ask for back taxes?

IamSauerKraut t1_jc4b0r5 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:57 PM

>Depends on what the judge say

No. In a RE tax appeal, only the tax years appealed are before the court.

Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jc4bb3s wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:59 PM

oh, interesting. What does it mean going forward? They lose it going forward, but could conceivably reapply? if they tried to reapply, would the court look at it, or an agency in harrisburg?

thanks for the info.

IamSauerKraut t1_jc4gzt9 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 11:40 PM

The case was an appeal of RE tax assessments for tax years 2018 thru 2021. Only those years on this particular issue was before the court. I have not seen where Tower appealed the Comm Court ruling to SCOPA. If Tower did not appeal to SCOPA, then their time to appeal has run (30 days from the Feb 10 ruling was today) and the matter goes no further. If they did appeal, then it is not yet showing up on the public docket. I believe an appeal is as of right (no need to request permission to file an appeal).

There is no "reapply" to this type of case. And no court, except SCOPA, to look at it under the rules. No agency in Hbg can overrule a court.