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ALERT: #167<br>
DATE: March 12, 2008<br>
TO: Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Owners<br>
FROM: Village League Tax Revolt Committee<br>
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<b>Dear Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Taxpayers,</b><br>
<br>
Following is an update on many of the issues associated with the Tax
Revolt. This message is somewhat long, but we thought that all of you
would appreciate knowing where we are with this huge effort and
understanding the “wait and see” mode that we are in at this point in
time.<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">State Board of Equalization</font></b></big><br>
We would like to thank everyone who filed an appeal to the State Board
of Equalization (SBOE) by the deadline, mandated by Nevada Statues, on
Monday, March 10th. Over 900 individual appeals plus a Class Petition
were processed by Attorney Suellen Fulstone, plus those appeals that
were filed directly with the SBOE. Hopefully, the State will provide
us with a complete list of Petitioners in the near future.<br>
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Some emails have been received questioning why individual petitions
were not automatically filed by the League. Nevada Statues mandate
that each petition must be completed and signed by the property owner.
“Class Petitions” were also filed to the SBOE on behalf of every
property owner in Incline Village and Crystal Bay. The County Board of
Equalization (CBOE) had refused to hear those cases as they claimed
that they did not have “jurisdiction”. Currently, the Incline Village
and Crystal Bay appeals are scheduled by the SBOE to be heard toward
the end of August.<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">Nevada Supreme Court</font></b></big><br>
Many of you attended a double Supreme Court hearing in mid January. We
are hoping that the Justices will issue their “written decision” on
those two cases in the near future. We have to wait patiently for what
we anticipate will be a favorable ruling. <br>
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The cases currently under submission at the Supreme Court are an appeal
by the Assessor and the State to deny a lower court Order, (which we
won), to roll-back the 2004-2005 tax years to the 2002-2003 assessed
land values, and a Writ of Certiorari/Mandamus to roll- back all of the
2006-2007 Incline Village and Crystal Bay land values to their
2002-2003 assessed valuation, (which we had also previously won). Also,
a 2003 case awaits a decision as to the taxpayers’ ability to appeal
directly to court if constitutional rights have been affected. <br>
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If the Nevada Legislature maintains the current 3% or 8% tax cap, we
will be protected from hugely escalating property tax increases for
years to come.<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">Lower Nevada Courts</font></b></big><br>
We also have multiple cases filed in the lower Nevada District Courts.
The key purpose of these cases is to continue to expose the “broken tax
system” and the Illegal appraisal methods that Washoe County and the
State are continuing to use, in addition to getting relief for Incline
Village and Crystal Bay property owners.<br>
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<b>Some of them are:</b><br>
>> 2005-2006 – Three (3) cases protesting the illegal appraisal
methods used in determining land valuations for 1200 Appellants; as
well as, relief from the 8% factor applied to increase land assessments.<br>
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>> 2006-2007 – Protesting the determination of the amount of
Settlement Refunds paid to the 300 Petitioners who filed individual
appeals. (The remaining 8700 Appellants are represented in one of the
cases currently under submission at the Supreme Court).<br>
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>> 2007-2008 – Appealing the incorrect “factor” of 15% used in
the calculation of land assessment values.<br>
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>> 2007-2008 – Protesting the “Settlement” valuation accepted by
the SBOE.<br>
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>> 2007-2008 – Civil Rights (due process) violations are
highlighted. Four members of the SBOE are individually named in this
case.<br>
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Other cases are also pending.<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">Nevada Tax Commission Regulation Hearings</font></b></big><br>
The powers to be at the Nevada Tax Commission, as well as some of the
appraisers at the Washoe County Assessor’s Office (you can guess which
ones) are trying their best, behind the scenes, to change specific
regulations to prevent areas like Incline Village and Crystal Bay from
mounting major efforts to challenge their “unconstitutional &
illegal” appraisal methodologies.<br>
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Les Barta, Maryanne Ingemanson and Todd Lowe have attended hearings
over the last few years to “keep an eye” on attempts to circumvent our
efforts in as many ways as possible. More of these hearings are
scheduled in the next 4 months. We will let you know about significant
events as they occur.<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">Tax Revolt War Chest</font></b></big><br>
Overall, we believe we are winning the battle against the Washoe County
Assessor and the Nevada Tax Commission, who think they can do as they
please with respect to collecting our hard earned dollars and with
forcing retirees out of their homes by collecting unfair and illegally
determined amounts of taxes. In about two months we may be requesting
additional donations. Remember, it takes a “Village” to fight this very
tough war!!!<br>
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<big><b><font color="#ff0000">In a Wait Mode for Now</font></b></big><br>
As you read the above, you will realize that we are in a wait mode on
several fronts, particularly the SBOE hearings and the written decision
of the Supreme Court. Our suggestion is for you all to enjoy the spring
and early summer as best you can, be patient and stay tuned for our
Alerts as they will be less frequent for awhile. If you think you have
missed any Alerts, you can easily go back and read them all.<br>
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Just visit: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org</a> and click on the <b>Alert
Archive</b> link in the navigation bar of our home page.<br>
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color="#3333ff">Thank you all for your support. We are winning one
step at a time.</font></big></b></i></font><br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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<b>Maryanne Ingemanson,</b> President<br>
Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org</a><br>
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<b>Village League to Save Incline Assets Board Members:</b><br>
- Maryanne Ingemanson, President<br>
- Dale Akers, Historian<br>
- Les Barta, Law Research<br>
- John Carney, Analyst<br>
- Wayne Fischer, Webmaster<br>
- Ted Harris, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman<br>
- Todd Lowe, Financial,<br>
- Chuck Otto, Public Relations <br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="+1"><b>Village
League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.</b></font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="+1">Non-Profit
Corporation - FEIN 88-0399029</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="+1">1165 Vivian Lane,
Incline Village, NV 89451</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="+1">Phone:
775-831-4011, Fax 775-831-0325</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="+1"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org</a></font><br>
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