New push for two-year property reappraisals
A plan that would reappraise property for taxation purposes every other year instead of the current four-year cycle is being reintroduced by the Shelby County Assessor of Property Melvin Burgess. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A top aide to Shelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess says opposition to a two-year reappraisal cycle among the county’s seven mayors two years ago has changed as local governments take a revenue hit on sales ratio calculations.
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