The Bedrock of Tax Management Associates, Inc. | by Chip Cooke During times of uncertainty and doubt, it is not uncommon to take glimpses into the past looking at the most certain things in your life. A global pandemic tends to provide the impetus for just...
By Chip Cooke | Audit Report 57 When I sat down to write to you, I promised myself that I wouldn’t fall into the seemingly new narratives – a new normal (sad as it is), life as we once knew it – all of the negative...
Homestead exemption programs have returned revenue dollars to tax rolls, leading to funding for local schools, utilities, and more in a growing list of Florida counties. WASHINGTON and CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today announced that two Florida counties—Brevard County and...
By Mike Wright, Citrus County Chronicle Property Appraiser Les Cook’s idea of bringing in a company to ferret out homestead exemption cheats is already paying off. Since getting buy-in from all taxing authorities, such as the county commission and school board, last fall, about $187,000 in unpaid taxes have...
By Mike Wright, Citrus County Chronicle Property Appraiser Les Cook has a plan in mind to catch homestead-exemption cheaters countywide. "We’re sensitive to the fact there are people who will be ignorant of the law," Cook said. Fair is fair, as some Citrus County homestead cheaters...
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (“OCFO”) for the District of Columbia and the Office of Contracts on behalf of the Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) selected Tax Management Associates, Inc. as the vendor to provide Principle Residence Exemption Audit Services to verify...
TMA was selected by Buncombe County, NC to furnish business personal property audit services to verify the accuracy of taxpayers’ tax listings filed with the Buncombe County Tax Assessor. Buncombe County includes the City of Asheville, NC which is the 11th largest city in the...
By Anthony Branciforte Journal Inquirer WINDSOR LOCKS — The 2017 grand list rose by 4.4 percent, or nearly $60 million, largely due to an ongoing personal property audit for local businesses. Totaling about $1.3 billion, the grand list shows an increase in all three categories of taxable property. The...
SARASOTA COUNTY — An extensive audit uncovered more than $8.3 million in property taxes owed from fraudulent homestead exemptions claimed throughout Sarasota County. The wholesale review of the lucrative exemption for resident homeowners is the first of its kind in Florida and has added almost $76 million in...
By Chip Cooke - Audit Report Issue 51. As I will often do after getting through the morning e-mails, this morning I was off to check headlines on all of my preferred news outlets. Often times I can find inspiration from some local or world event to...