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Property Tax

Ice Miller has a long history of providing counsel in real estate and business personal property taxation issues.

In 1961 our attorneys drafted the statutory foundation for Indiana’s property tax laws. Today we assist our clients in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois in obtaining property tax abatements, seeking reassessments for real estate, handling valuation issues, coordinating compliance and reporting, and helping structure activities to qualify for exemptions, credits and deductions. Our attorneys are dedicated to establishing timely tax solutions that enhance our clients’ economic returns by reducing their tax expenses. Our tax attorneys and other tax professionals are extremely sensitive to the competitive advantages and disadvantages that can occur from inequitable tax assessments.

 

Representative Experience

The following provides an overview of recent tax savings that Ice Miller attorneys have been able to obtain through property tax appeals:

2012

Client

Property

Tax Savings

REIT

Regional Mall

$2,000,000

REIT

Regional Mall

$500,000

Pension Fund

Retail Strip Center

$600,000

National Department Store

Department Store

$500,000

National Department Store 

Department Store

$850,000

Racing

Various Use Property

$750,000

Real Estate Developer

Apartments and Mixed Use

$400,000

Gaming Company

Racetrack

$7,000,000

 

2013

Client

Property

Tax Savings

Hotel Owner

Hotel

$407,000

Hotel Owner

Hotel

$209,000

Hotel Owner

Hotel

$407,000

Corporation

Office

$26,000

Real Estate Developer

Apartments

$120,000

Entrepreneur

Retail/Industrial

$277,500

Real Estate Developer

Apartments

$28,000

Food Franchise

Restaurants

$50,000

Real Estate Developer

Retail Strip Center

$50,000

Golf Course Owner
 
Golf Course $36,000
Business Owner
 
Agricultural Distributor $107,088


The following is a sampling of the recent property tax litigation cases:

  • Shelby County Assessor v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. #6637-02, 994 N.E.2d 350 (Ind. Tax 2013)
  • Yum Brands, aka Taco Bell of America v. Allen County Assessor, Pet. No. 02-076-12-1-4-0002 (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., April 2014)
  • AK Steel Corp. v. Spencer County Assessor & Grass Township Assessor, Pet. No. 74-006-04-1-7-0001 (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., May 2013)
  • Gateway Arthur, Inc. v. Marion County Assessor, Pet. Nos. 49-500-06-1-4-01084 (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., Oct. 2012)
  • Simon Debartolo Group, L.P., et. al. v. Marion County Assessor, Pet. Nos. 49-600-06-1-4-08629, et. al. (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., Oct. 2012)
  • Washington Square Mall, LLC, et. al. v. Marion County Assessor, Pet. Nos. 49-700-06-1-4-01861, et. al. (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., Sept. 2012)
  • CVS Corporation #6252-02 v. Vanderburgh County Assessor, Pet. No. 82-020-09-1-4-07415 (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., April 2012)
  • Echo Lake, LLC v. Morgan County Assessor, Pet. Nos. 55-016-09-1-4-0001, et. al. (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., Nov. 2011)
  • Imaging Center of North Central Indiana, Inc. v. Howard County Assessor, Pet. No. 34-002-08-2-8-00002 (Ind. Bd. Tax Rev., May 2011)
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