Golf club’s tax dispute may go before a jury
By lipply on Jun 10, 2006 in Uncategorized
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Since 2002, [tag]Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club[/tag] has challenged its [tag]property tax appraisal[/tag].
Several years ago, the [tag]Hillsborough County Property Appraiser’s Office[/tag] determined there is a big difference between a vacant grassy lot and a golf course. Contoured greens meticulously designed by landscaping architects made properties worth more, the appraisers decided. So the office changed the way it calculated values. |
Most of the people whose homes neighbor the golf course pay more than $1-million to live so close to the green. Last names of past and present members of the exclusive club read like landmarks on a [tag]Tampa[/tag] treasure map: Frankland, Culbreath, Steinbrenner. But when the appraiser’s office upped the value of the golf course by more than $1-million, therefore increasing taxes by about $30,000 a year, the golf course sued. Every year since 2002, the country club has filed a lawsuit against the county appraiser, tax collector and executive director of the [tag]Florida Department of Revenue[/tag] to contest the added value.
