Over the past six years, our property tax attorneys have reduced clients’ Arizona and Nevada property tax values by over $2 billion. We also represent owners of California real estate in property tax planning and controversies.
Our knowledgeable property tax lawyers offer years of experience in providing exceptional service to clients in all aspects of property taxation.
Our services begin with strategic tax planning and extend to representation at various levels of administrative and judicial appeal. We have had successful representations before many state and local authorities, including the Arizona State Board of Tax Appeals, municipal tax hearing offices, Arizona State Board of Equalization, Nevada State Board of Equalization, Arizona Tax Court, Nevada District Court, Arizona Court of Appeals, Arizona Supreme Court and Nevada Supreme Court.
In addition, our California-licensed attorneys also serve as co-counsel to attorneys with respect to California-specific matters, including Proposition 13 real property tax.
Property Tax Success Stories
In recent years, we have obtained the largest single non-casino property tax reductions in Clark County, Nevada, and have represented:
- The owner of the Summerlin Master Planned Community, achieving a $950 million reduction in tax assessments.
- A developer before the Nevada Supreme Court in the leading case on Nevada’s partial abatement property tax law.
- Multiple owners of LIHTC properties in error correction litigation that resulted in over $1 million of property tax refunds.
- A manufacturer of body armor products against a multi-million sales and use assessment that resulted a 97% reduction of the assessment.
- An owner of LIHTC apartments, reducing the valuation of its Arizona property portfolio by 45%.
- A company in litigation over qualification for enterprise zone tax credit.
- A non-profit corporation in litigation, obtaining an exemption that resulted in a $700,000 refund.
- A consortium of power companies in litigation, reducing the taxable value of a decommissioned power plant by $90 million.
- A national industrial warehouse property owner for whom a property tax savings of over $1 million was achieved.
- An auto auction company in tax court litigation that resulted in a 95% reduction of a multi-million-dollar sales tax assessment.
- A consortium of national homebuilders in litigation of the Park Highlands development in North Las Vegas that resulted in a $95 million reduction in taxable value.
- Car rental companies at the McCarran Consolidated Car Rental Center in Las Vegas in litigation concerning the assessment of a possessory interest tax, which resulted in over $1.5 million in refunds and a permanent elimination of the possessory interest.
In addition to obtaining millions of dollars in tax savings for its clients over the years, the firm’s property tax lawyers have been involved in litigation and projects that have made significant contributions to Arizona and Nevada and their business communities, including:
- Representation of low income housing facilities in property tax appeals to take advantage of Arizona law providing for lower valuations.
- Representing a taxpayer oversight organizations in litigation challenging a county’s attempt to expand the constitutional property tax levy limits.
- Litigation that resulted in legislation for a new property valuation formula for the company providing airline fuel at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.
- Elimination of the possessory interest tax on car rental companies at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
- Representation of non-profit corporations to take advantage of Arizona and Nevada law providing for exemptions from property tax.
