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Tax Assessments

By: Derek Hawkins//January 25, 2017//

Tax Assessments

By: Derek Hawkins//January 25, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Donald J. Thoma et al v. Village of Slinger

Case No.: 2015AP1970

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J

Focus: Tax Assessments

Donald J. Thoma and Polk Properties LLC filed this action for certiorari review of a decision of the Village of Slinger Board of Review upholding the assessment of properties in a subdivision owned by Thoma and Polk Properties. The subdivision is subject to a number of restrictive covenants, including one preventing the land from being used for agriculture. In 2012, as part of the Village’s suit to enforce the covenants, a court entered an order prohibiting the properties from being used for agriculture. For the 2014 tax year at issue in this case, the Village assessor reclassified the subdivision as residential for tax purposes. Thoma and Polk insist that the Village board of review (the Board) failed to act according to law when it accepted the assessor’s classification; the land, they assert, should have remained classified agricultural. Thoma and Polk also allege that the assessor impermissibly relied upon two sales that were not arm’s-length transactions. We affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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