INCREASINGLY appraisers are being “called on the carpet” and closely scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service, the legal and insurance professions to perfect their performance in the execution of ...

Prior to the enactment of the legislation known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. 115-97, the rules in Sec. 1031, which allow taxpayers to defer recognition of gain on a like-kind exchange ...

Brady L. Dreasher, ISA CAPP, GPPA, CES, CAGA, WSET1, President of Art of Estates and Denice S. Morris, ASA, at a previous PBS Appraisal Fair Brady Dreasher of Art of Estates provides an art appraisal ...

Your childhood baseball card collection gathering dust in the basement of your parents’ home, which you must clean out for an estate sale, or the pottery you brought back 30 years ago after serving ...

courts may award each spouse a percentage of the total value of the property. It is illegal to hide assets as a means to shield them from property division. As soon as you decide to end a marriage, ...

The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. The Douglas County Appraiser’s Office will mail 6,600 notices informing residents about their personal property’s appraised and ...

Every year, county appraisal districts around the state assess property values for homeowners with results that are sometimes inaccurate. If a homeowner believes they are being overtaxed on personal ...