From Roy Whiteley, Founder, Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: We do not normally tout or promote business enterprises but this one might have some merit, if true. So far, we have not found any web site or other forms of advertising to confirm all of the following. HOWEVER, we have discovered that a C. John […]
Whiteley: Poor Turnout at Committee Hearing on Property Tax Assessment Legislation
From Roy Whiteley, Founder, Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: SB 553 Internet Access to Worksheets – Hearing Report On February 19, 2014 we attended the Budget and Taxation Committee hearing on this bill that if passed will allow taxpayers to access any residential property worksheet WITHOUT first filing an assessment appeal as is required under […]
Whiteley: Property Review Task Force Needed to Review Property Tax Assessment System and its Cumbersome 3-Step Appeals Process
From Roy Whiteley, Founder, Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: Chairman Kasemeyer and Budget and taxation Committee Members, I am Roy Whiteley, representing Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation, in support of SB 634 Property Review Task Force, a bill that creates a task force to review the property tax assessment system and its cumbersome three-step appeals […]
Whiteley: Air Your Experiences and Ill Treatment to Document the Need to Study and Revamp the Assessment and Appeals System
From Roy Whiteley, Founder, Marylanders For Fair Property Taxation: HEARING NOTICE HB 888 TASK FORCE TO STUDY PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT AND APPEALS PROCESS. WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MARCH 7, 2013 1:00 PM Our most important bill is being introduced by Delegate Glen Glass of the Harford County delegation. The bill requires a task force to […]
Whiteley: “The Case for Maryland’s Property Tax Assessment and Appeals Process Reform”
From H. LeRoy Whiteley, Jr., Founder of Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: Hello Fellow Beleaguered Property Taxpayers We are rapidly approaching the 2013 General Assembly session and therefore have begun gearing up for a new run at effecting property assessment and appeals reform. Over the summer we assembled a 45 page report entitled ” The […]
Whiteley: “Only By More Challenges to the System Can We Convince Our Legislators that the [State Department of Assessments and Taxation] is Out of Touch, Out of Control, Not Doing a Good Job…”
From Roy Whiteley, president of Marylanders For Fair Property Taxation: Yesterday brought forth what we feel will end up as a very unsatisfactory conclusion to an eight year battle to obtain fair, equal, and uniform assessments for our summer waterfront property located on the confluence of the Sassafras River and the Bay. By way of […]
Whiteley: “We Think Our Civil Rights May Be Being Violated By [State Department of Assessments and Taxation’s] Actions”
The following letter was sent by Roy Whiteley, president of Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation, to each member of the Harford County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly, Harford County Council, and Harford County Executive’s Office. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Over the years you have supported our Marylanders For Fair […]
Whiteley: State Property Tax Assessment Appeals Administrator Issues Directive Allowing Opportunity to Record Hearings
The following letters are both from H. LeRoy Whiteley, Jr., president of Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation, to Kent T. Finkelsen, Administrator of the Maryland Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Mr. Kent T. Finkelsen, Administrator Towne Center Building, Suite 308 6 West Washington Street Hagerstown, Maryland […]