The collaboration between IAAO & TMA extends beyond partnerships at conferences | by Ryan Cavanah The International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) plays a crucial role in our industry. The IAAO is recognized for setting standards and best practices for property taxation across all 50 states...
Where are we heading post pandemic? | by Chip Cooke Let’s start off by noting I am not an economist by trade. Sure, I took the requisite classes in business school back in the late 1990s, but my knowledge, and what I am conveying to you,...
Tom Tucker’s novel career reaches its epilogue Creating a legacy is not something that happens overnight. Much like building a career, a legacy is a challenging and rewarding endeavor often spanning decades of an individual’s lifetime. We at Tax Management Associates (TMA) are so fortunate that...
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...
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...