Pittsburgh May Change Property Tax System.

• Position: Pennsylvania - Brief Article

With taxpayers and elected officials in an uproar over skyrocketing land values in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, some city officials have called for eliminating the city's property tax system. The current property tax system taxes land at a rate nearly six times that of buildings. The furor is the result of a county-wide property reassessment, which was ordered by a judge after several taxpayers filed lawsuits as part of a challenge to Allegheny County's assessment practices. The two-tiered property tax rate, currently 31.37 mils on land and 5.44 mils on buildings, favors taxpayers whose land value...