Allegheny County Could Be Overcharging Taxpayers
County Controller Chelsa Wagner said on Thursday that the amount could be about $50 per average household.
An analysis by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner has revealed that the county could be on track to overcharge the average household by $50 in property taxes in 2013. "There is a strong possibility, from the data we have analyzed, that the county is on track to gain a windfall of as much as $38 million," said Wagner, a former state representative for the district that covers part of Whitehall Borough and all of Baldwin Township, in a statement issued on Thursday. "I am calling on the administration to publicize every detail of their millage calculation to assure all taxpayers that no windfall will occur. No resident of Allegheny County should be overcharged one cent or $1, let alone $50 or more for the county's failure to act." …
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Robert Edward Healy, III
6:23 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
UPDATE: Fitzgerald held a press conference on Thursday afternoon to address Wagner's concern. He said that he remains confident in his proposed millage rate that was approved overwhelmingly by the county council. The nature of the process requires assumptions and estimates to set the millage rate, Fitzgerald said, but the numbers that were used are based on historic data and previous numbers. The… more ›