Real Property Tax
Real property in Maryland is reassessed every three years. A significant financial burden will fall unnecessarily upon the owners who do not promptly and diligently employ the steps and procedures provided by law to correct erroneous assessments.
Miller, Miller & Canby has accumulated more than twenty years of concentrated experience in the representation of property owners at all levels of the real property tax assessment process. The firm also brings its vast experience in trial advocacy to this field of law that many other practitioners treat administratively.
Valuation of real property involves many factors, including consideration of highest and best use, potential interim uses, development restrictions and costs, “substantial completion,” tax exemptions, special taxes and assessments, market rates of return, and many more. The real estate and property tax assessment attorneys work with other members of the firm with expertise in matters of business planning, land use, community development, finance and banking when such issues bear on an appeal.
The firm’s goal is to provide value to clients, defined as the maximum savings of tax dollars at the earliest possible stage in the appeal process, factoring in expert witness fees and attorney’s fees. By reason of the many successes in the arena of property tax assessment appeals, (including in the Maryland Tax Court, the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals), the firm has earned the respect of the assessors for its expertise and litigation skills, which frequently allows clients to avoid the need to go beyond the initial hearing to obtain relief thereby reducing the assessment before the first tax bill is due.
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