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Property Assessment Appeals & Review Board (BPAAR)
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What it does
Hears and decides appeals of property tax assessments
When it meets
Every other Thursday
Website
https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Services/Property-Assessment-and-Real-Estate/Appeals/Board-of-Property-Assessments-and-Appeals-Review-BPAAR
5 members
Wayde Fargotstein
Chair, joined 11/9/2016
Richard C. Snipe
Vice Chair, joined 7/10/2018
LeSans Heard Montgomery
Member, joined 9/22/2020
Michael J. Suley
Member, joined 9/26/2023
Michelle Payanzo
Member, joined 9/7/2023
2 prior members
Edmund H. Sperling
Served as Member 3/6/2012 - 12/31/2023
William Ondek
Served as Secretary 3/6/2018 - 12/31/2022
Stories
Property tax appeals erode budgets as assessment burden shifts
February 1, 2024
Property taxes divide Allegheny County executive candidates, and Philadelphia’s experience looms large
September 15, 2023
From slots to mills, big property owners aim for smaller property tax bills
April 24, 2023
Gainey lines up tax-exempt challenges, including bid to tax some UPMC-owned properties
March 28, 2023
To reassess or not to reassess? Property tax mess awaits next Allegheny County exec
March 13, 2023
Tables turn on Allegheny County assessments, as new math favors owners over tax collectors, schools
February 23, 2023
Assessing the odds: This year’s unusual property tax appeal season, explained
February 23, 2023
Should you appeal your property taxes? The Allegheny County controller floats an online worksheet
September 16, 2022
Updated: A lawsuit could lower thousands of tax bills and threaten Allegheny County’s ‘house of cards’ property assessment system
September 1, 2022
Maybe it is rocket science: Before Allegheny County stopped reassessing property, it was almost a pioneer
July 19, 2022
Consent order could lower appealed Allegheny County property tax bills
April 28, 2022
Wilkinsburg homeowners lead lawsuit challenging Allegheny County’s property tax math
April 8, 2022