
Need to Know Legal Matters
PARKER LAWRENCE HELPS PREVENT INJUSTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Last year, the Tennessee State Board of Equalization announced that it was considering a proposed change to the rules governing property tax appeals before the State Board. The proposed change would have been terribly unfair to taxpayers in Tennessee. Taxpayers would not have received fair hearings. The proposed rule labeled the people who help taxpayers, known as 'tax agents', as biased simply because of their employment and representation of taxpayers. Legally, a formal f