Green Shoots Emerging Through the Ashes: Tragedy & Change | by Mark C. Cooke, Ph.D. Over the years I have written a lot about change and transformation. A few of those articles have appeared here in The Audit Report. In my opinion this entire issue is...
September 23, 1972 - July 28, 2024 We honor the memory of Richard "Chip" Cooke, Jr., our Chief Executive Officer and Owner, who passed away peacefully on July 28, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Chip was an extraordinary leader whose influence profoundly shaped Tax Management...
Rediscovering the Lost Art of Communication | by Chip Cooke Everyone knows that the outbreak of Covid-19 was rough, and just like the yearly seasonal flu, it is probably here to stay. We also remember the hardships of our first response to the virus; stay away...
Tax Management Associates (TMA) is excited to announce that we have secured a partnership with Bernalillo County, New Mexico, marking our entry into our 24th client state. Bernalillo County is home to the largest city in New Mexico. Albuquerque and the surrounding metropolitan area offer...
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,...
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...
By Adam Benson The Bulletin Posted Oct. 20, 2015 at 5:26 PM NORWICH - An oversight in Norwich’s tax collection process that went undetected for three years will lead to almost $1 million in new revenue being poured into the city’s coffers. Computer Science Corporation, which paid Norwich...