Incline Village Property Tax Settlement

A local owner told the Aptos Times that he did not file a claim because he bought in Incline Village in late 2005 and did not think the refund would be significant. He thought again when he learned it was $900. Because of the way property taxes are distributed, the county`s share of the settlement is $23.8 million. The Washoe County School District, North Lake Tahoe Fire District, Incline Village General Improvement District and the State of Nevada are responsible for the remaining $32.2 million. « First of all, thank you to Todd for everything he`s done. a Yeoman job for Incline, » Berkbigler told residents at the same address. Without Todd – first of all – and the Washoe County Appraiser – we would not have been able to make the deal. And also thanks to our new county manager, Eric Brown, who said, « Guys, this has been going on long enough. Let us fix the problem. It is our responsibility and let us do it. The evaluator found the residents who were living in Incline at the time.

You will be informed of the payment and can request a refund. There will also be a notification on the county`s website. As of February, more than two dozen Incline Village and Crystal Bay owners living in Aptos, Scotts Valley, Capitola and Soquel had not yet used the Village League facilities to research the amount of their refund and had likely not applied for their refund. Repayment amounts depend on the estimated value of the property for the period, and for second homes, they typically range from a hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. Residents of Aptos, Scotts Valley, Capitola and Soquel have long noted that Lake Tahoe is a popular neighborhood for second homes. Property owners in Incline Village and Crystal Bay in 2002-2005 may not be aware that they are receiving a property tax refund due to one of the largest property tax lawsuits in the United States. Registered owners of a property registered in one or more of these taxation years may be entitled to a refund of a property tax overpayment and the resulting applicable interest. Total reimbursements have been estimated at between $47 million and $56 million.

The school district is already trying to intervene in this settlement agreement in washoe County District Court, arguing that the county has mishandled the case and cannot recover taxes and fines already spent to run Washoe`s education system. For example, if the property had a view of the lake was used to determine the value. Raymond and McNeill argued that the county should not be asked to pay for an error by the Washoe County Assessor, saying the school district did not have the opportunity to participate in settlement negotiations. Washoe County appealed Drakulich`s decision to the Nevada Supreme Court, but eventually reached the settlement agreement approved Tuesday. The case was taken to the Nevada Supreme Court. The court ruled in favor of the Village League, and in 2011, Washoe County issued checks to registered owners for 2002. The Village League then filed new lawsuits for the following years: 2003-2005. It is this question that is being decided. The school district sent a letter to the commissioners stating, « WCSD is eager to close this deal, but we simply cannot accept the terms of the agreement on both a technical and philosophical basis. » The settlement, approved Tuesday by the Washoe County Commission, will result in a $23 million coup for the county and a $19 million coup for the Washoe County School District. Todd Lowe, representing the League to Save Village Assets, and Marsha Berkbigler, commissioner, spent many months figuring out the details of the settlement. Washoe County taxpayers will foot the bill for $56 million in refunds to a group of Lake Tahoe landowners who began filing a series of lawsuits in 2003 claiming to have been victims of inappropriate property tax assessments. « So it seems to be punitive, rather than making the owners whole, » the letter reads.

The county`s share of the settlement is more than $23 million. Washoe County School District Superintendent Kristen McNeill is proposing a new lawsuit against Washoe County and its council of commissioners over a property tax scheme in the village of Incline that could cost the county $20 million. The letter states that if the commission approves the bylaw, the district « will have no choice but to consider further future legal action. » The Commission voted 3 to 1 in favour of refunding taxpayers who were subject to excessively high property taxes from 2003 to 2006. Commissioner Kitty Jung voted no to the colony and Commissioner Vaughn Hartung was absent. His statement came the morning after the school board unanimously decided to fight « tooth and nail » the Washoe County Commission`s decision to withhold about $20 million in school district property tax payments to cover the county`s share of the settlement. These include $10 million for the initial overpayment of taxes and $10 million in fees and interest. « I`ve always thought we should pay our bills, » Commissioner Jeanne Herman said before the county commissioners` council voted 3-1 to approve the settlement. « It took quite a while. » The Village League, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, filed a lawsuit in 2003, claiming that the methods used by the evaluator were unconstitutional. The Nevada State Constitution requires that property taxes be fair and equitable, and only property owners in Incline Village and Crystal Bay have been judged on their « point of view. » The lawsuits stem from the way the Incline Village and Crystal Bay properties were assessed from 2003 to 2006. The owners, who eventually formed the Village League to save Incline Assets, claimed that the appraisal procedures used on their properties differed from those of the rest of the county and differed from how other Lake Tahoe counties assessed property values.

The Nevada Board of Equalization determined that the properties were not mispriced and that the values determined by the Washoe County Appraiser reflected an accurate value. Washoe District Judge Kathleen Drakulich disagreed and ordered that tax refunds be paid to landowners within one year. The settlement could end a Byzantine lawsuit that took years to go through the court system and went to the Nevada Supreme Court five times. Commissioners Marsha Berkbigler and Bob Lucey joined Herman in voting in favour of the deal. Commissioner Kitty Jung voted against. Commissioner Vaughn Hartung was absent. As a result, an initial list of residential parcels in Incline Village/Crystal Bay with reduced assessed property values was established for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 taxation years. If you owned a registered property in one or more of these taxation years, you may be entitled to a refund of a resulting property tax overpayment and applicable interest. You must submit an application to receive a refund. Instructions on how to file a claim, as well as corrected tax values and frequently asked questions, can be found here before submitting your application. .