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		<title>Plaintiff entitled to $19M in additional tax credits for property &#8211; $19,000,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This case stems from the conservation tax credit program codified under Virginia law at Code § 58.1-512. Under that program, when a grantor donates land for conservation purposes, the Department of Taxation is to issue tax credits in an amount equal to 40 percent of the land’s fair market value. Virginia is one of relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developers, state sparred over conservation tax credits&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A court battle over the value of a patch of Albemarle County land has shed light on the often-secret and high dollar business of conservation tax credits and may be a guidepost for using expert appraisal witnesses. While other investors suffered huge losses when the real estate bubble burst in 2008, a Charlottesville developer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert Testimony Can’t Overturn Hotel Taxes&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/14/expert-testimony-cant-overturn-hotel-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Charles E. Poston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owners of the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel and Convention Center lose their challenge to the city’s real estate tax assessments for tax years 2009 through 2011, on their theory that the city, in determining fair market value of the properties, failed to take into account the economic downturn that started in late 2007 and caused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax suit raises conflict questions for Cuccinelli</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/22/tax-suit-raises-conflict-questions-for-cuccinelli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) — A lawsuit against the state of Virginia by a nutritional supplement maker whose stock comprises Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli&#8217;s total investment portfolio is raising questions about the Republican&#8217;s potential conflicts of interest. Henrico-based Star Scientific Inc. sued Virginia&#8217;s Department of Taxation in Mecklenberg Circuit Court in July 2011 over a $700,000 tax dispute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Buyers Liable for Tax Lien&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/20/home-buyers-liable-for-tax-lien/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge James P. Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Abingdon U.S. District Court denies equitable subrogation to a couple who said they were not aware of a federal tax lien on the property when they purchased it, and only learned of the lien when they sold the property after making improvements. In 2006, plaintiffs bought the property for $225,000. As part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Uphold Firm’s Tax Collection Fee&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/24/court-uphold-firms-tax-collection-fee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Robert P. Doherty Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roanoke County Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bank that holds a note secured by a credit line deed of trust on property that owes back taxes and that he bank wants to redeem prior to sale loses its challenge to attorney’s fees the county treasurer wishes to pay to the law firm it hired to collect delinquent taxes; the Roanoke County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC May Sue for Real Estate Refund&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/10/fdic-may-sue-for-real-estate-refund/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/10/fdic-may-sue-for-real-estate-refund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Anthony J. Trenga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may sue under federal common law for a refund of local real estate taxes paid to Arlington County on an allegedly erroneous assessment of its property as a “hotel,” but the Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses the FDIC’s claim for a declaratory judgment. Unlike many federal entities, plaintiff FDIC is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Tax Assessments Upheld&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/30/county-tax-assessments-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Thomas D. Horne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loudoun County Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Loudoun County Circuit Court denies an owner’s request for correction of the 2010 tax assessments on four contiguous parcels of land, both improved and unimproved, in the town of Leesburg, that the owner recently valued as one parcel for purposes of a transfer to a related entity. The owners says the assessments of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastors’ Tax Evasion Convictions Upheld&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/03/pastors-tax-evasion-convictions-upheld/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/03/pastors-tax-evasion-convictions-upheld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple who served as co-pastors of a North Carolina church are convicted of tax evasion for omitting millions of dollars of taxable income from their jointly filed tax returns; the 4th Circuit rejects the taxpayers’ claims that they did not “knowingly” underreport their income. Taxpayers contend the district court issued two jury instructions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City’s Tax Assessment Reinstated&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/13/citys-tax-assessment-reinstated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justice Cynthia D. Kinser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of Virginia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An affordable housing development on eight non-contiguous parcels should have been assessed as separate tax parcels, despite restrictions on its use for affordable housing, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses judgment for the development owner correcting an erroneous tax assessment and reinstates the city’s tax assessment. Appellee Jackson Ward Partners LP operated an affordable [...]]]></description>
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