Start Date
12-12-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
12-12-2014 2:15 PM
Description
The Seminar looks at the challenges the local assessing official faces to implement new legislation regarding homestead exemption fraud. The use of new technology in determining primary residence and the access to the wealth of data in making such determination. The ethical considerations and confidentiality of the use of data by the assessing official's office. The ethical requirements of attorneys who represent taxpayers with alleged erroneous homestead exemptions.
Recommended Citation
Makarewicz, Thaddeus J. Esq. and Lappenbusch, Steve PhD, "Protecting the integrity of the assessment: Assessor vigilance, taxpayer ethics, and curbing exemption fraud" (2014). IAAO Annual Legal Seminar. 11.
https://researchexchange.iaao.org/legal/legal14/sessions/11
Protecting the integrity of the assessment: Assessor vigilance, taxpayer ethics, and curbing exemption fraud
The Seminar looks at the challenges the local assessing official faces to implement new legislation regarding homestead exemption fraud. The use of new technology in determining primary residence and the access to the wealth of data in making such determination. The ethical considerations and confidentiality of the use of data by the assessing official's office. The ethical requirements of attorneys who represent taxpayers with alleged erroneous homestead exemptions.