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Property Tax Issues in Wisconsin

Property Tax Issues in Wisconsin
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Webcast seminar

Friday, April 9, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT
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The last day to preregister online was April 9, 2010.

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Tuition:

Nonmember: $225.00
Member: $195.00
Ultimate Passholder: $0.00

Credits:

4.0 CLE Credits

About the program

If your home is downstream, do you still owe property taxes?

Who should attend:

  • Tax attorneys
  • Real property attorneys
  • Any attorney whose clients own property in Wisconsin

What you’ll learn:

  • How to handle Wisconsin property tax questions, including special circumstances
  • How to challenge a property assessment
  • How buyers and sellers can address taxes in a contract

After several homes got washed away in the Lake Delton disaster, many Wisconsinites were surprised to learn that the owners of those homes would still owe property tax. Welcome to the world of property tax and its peculiarities.

You can’t avoid the property tax, so what can you do about it?

Since property tax issues are unavoidable in the world of real estate, attorneys representing clients who own, buy, or sell real estate need to be familiar with how to challenge a property assessment, and how to handle taxes in a sale and purchase transaction.

Learn, or review, the following essentials of property taxes:

  • Sorting out the various taxes imposed by different governments, and how they are established
  • How an owner can challenge an assessment
  • Steps to take in moving a challenge along from the assessor to the Supreme Court
  • Procedural choices available to an owner, and the pros and cons of each
  • Various ways for buyers and sellers to address taxes in a contract
  • Formulas for the proration of taxes, and the advantages and disadvantages of each
  • How to address special circumstances, such as newly divided land, new construction, or reassessments
  • Who is entitled to tax-exempt status, and how to get it

Build your knowledge of Wisconsin property tax on a firm foundation

Attend this seminar for a thorough foundation of knowledge concerning Wisconsin property taxes. You’ll learn how to more effectively represent your clients and steer them around the tax sinkholes.

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Only the purchaser will have access to the live webcast seminar and the credits attached to the live webcast. After the seminar, the purchaser will get access to the archive of the event via myStateBar for approximately 90 days. Please note that the archive is for informational purposes only and does not qualify for continuing legal education credits.

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The last day to preregister online was April 9, 2010.

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Property Tax Issues in Wisconsin


Tuition for Nonmember (Members log in for member pricing)
Tuition $225.00
 

Session information
4.0 CLE Credits