If your bank account is being drained by disproportionate property taxes, you may have already started to think about a tax assessment appeal for your commercial real estate. Unfortunately, the process can be complicated, and trying to do everything yourself always carries risks. Here is what Pennsylvania property owners need to know about tax assessment reviews, including: What the commercial property tax assessment appeal process looks like in Pennsylvania. The advantages and disadvantages of trying to do your own commercial property tax assessment appeal. How an attorney or tax consultant can help simplify the process and avoid some risks. What’s involved in a Commercial Property Tax Assessment Appeal In Pennsylvania? The tax assessment appeal process… Read More

Allegheny County is preparing for a countywide reassessment of real estate following a court order entered August 17, 2026. The reassessment will replace the County's current 2012 base-year values. Under the order, a third-party contractor is to be retained, work on the reassessment must materially begin no later than July 1, 2027, and the process must be completed by June 30, 2032. For businesses, investors, and other owners of commercial real estate, the reassessment deserves attention well before new assessment notices are mailed, as property taxes are an operating expense. A material change in assessment can affect budgets, lease obligations, acquisition underwriting, dispositions, and the operating performance of real estate assets.  Owners with multiple Allegheny… Read More