The filing period for commencing a tax cert proceeding in Suffolk County New York ends on Tuesday, 5/16/17.
The filing period for commencing a tax cert proceeding in Suffolk County ends on Tuesday, 5/16/17. If a property is not filed on by the deadline this year, a person will forfeit any right to a refund for tax year 2017/18 and have to wait another entire year before being able to file. See our Tax Cert Web Page here.
I wanted to mention to you a unique strength of my Firm, Forchelli, Curto Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana -- Tax Certiorari Group. The Tax Certiorari Group concentrates on handling tax certiorari proceedings to challenge real estate tax assessments and reduce real estate taxes. The Group’s approach involves checking every aspect of a property’s taxation to ensure that clients obtain the largest possible tax refund and reduction in future taxes. The Group has been successful in obtaining millions of dollars in real estate tax refunds and savings for our clients, which include national, regional and local owners and tenants of all types of commercial property. The Group represents many of Long Island’s leading companies. An example of a recent success is the Firm’s recovery of $14 million in tax refunds for The Vornado Real Estate Trust in connection with its Green Acres Mall property.
This type of representation is handled by our Firm on a contingency basis, meaning there is no legal fee due to the Firm until and unless there is a successful result obtained for the client. Furthermore, there are no filing fees and a challenge can only result in the assessment getting reduced or remaining at its current level. Accordingly, it really is a “no lose” situation.
If you currently have tax certiorari counsel and are dissatisfied or just want a point of comparison, it is not uncommon for companies to change counsel in this area and such a change does not cause any delay to your case or result in any additional or duplicate legal fees. Further, firms that practice in this area have developed a standard methodology to share legal fees, again without additional cost to the client, to ensure that everyone is treated fairly.
The Firm’s practice here covers all commercial properties on Long Island, and properties valued at $1 million dollars or more in the rest of New York State, excluding the five boroughs of NYC.
The filing period for commencing a tax cert proceeding for property in Suffolk County ends on 5/16/17. If a property is not filed on by the deadline this year, you will forfeit any right to a reduction or refund for tax year 2017/18 and have to wait another entire year before being able to file. Accordingly, if you have property and may be interested, the time to consider it is now.
If you would like to learn more, I can set up a call or meeting with one of the attorneys in the Group.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter further with me, please don’t hesitate to contact me.”