California Property Tax Representative
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Representative Bio Ad valorem property tax and assessment counseling and litigation (appeal hearings and trials) are Cris’ primary practice areas. For 25 years, he has represented a variety of California taxpayers in equalization proceedings before county assessment appeals boards, the State Board of Equalization, the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. Cris’ clients include owners of oil and gas fields, shopping centers and anchor department stores, power plants, airport concessions, jet aircraft, port terminals, sanitary landfills, aerospace manufacturing facilities, hotels, entertainment venues and theme parks, golf courses, oil refineries, pipelines, billboards, hospitals and assisted living facilities, manufacturing and food-processing facilities, quarries and service stations. He has also testified before the Los Angeles County Superior Court as an expert witness on property tax matters. Since 1998, Cris has taught over forty one-day courses on California property taxation to accountants, attorneys, real estate professionals, corporate executives, bank trust officers and property tax agents. He has also published articles on property taxation in National Real Estate Investor, Commercial Property Executive, Western Real Estate Business and Seniors Housing Business, real estate industry publications, Cal-Tax Digest, a publication of the California Taxpayers Association, The Journal of Property Tax Assessment & Administration and Property Tax Alert. As a member of the California Bar Association's State and Local Tax Committee, Cris helped draft property tax regulations and legislation relating to local equalization procedures and revisions to the Assessors’ Handbook which were subsequently adopted by the California State Board of Equalization. In addition, he has organized, chaired and spoken at American Bar Association / Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT) Advanced Property Tax Seminars, and at IPT’s Annual Conferences and Property Tax Symposiums. Cris received the “Property Tax Article of the Year Award” from IPT in 2012. Cris is a Director of the California Taxpayers Association and the California member of American Property Tax Counsel. Cris has spoken on property taxation topics before the California Taxpayers Association, Western States Petroleum Association, California Bar Association Tax Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and other professional organizations and trade associations. |
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Representative Bio Stephen's practice almost exclusively emphasizes property tax counseling and controversies. Stephen's practice includes participating in rule-making and other proceedings before the California State Board of Equalization. Stephen was an active participant in the proceedings leading to adoption of SBE Rule 473 (assessment of geothermal properties) on behalf of the Geothermal Resources Association and SBE Rule 905 and Amended Rule 905 (assessment jurisdiction for electric generation facilities) on behalf of the Independent Energy Producers Association. He also participated in the drafting of the Assessor's Handbook Section 566 (assessment of petroleum properties) on behalf of the Western States Petroleum Association. Stephen also represented the California State Outdoor Advertising Association before the SBE for purposes of developing appraisal guidelines for Billboards. Stephen has authored articles published by the Journal of Multi state Taxation, The California Tax Lawyer, Real Property Law Reporter and Property Tax Report. Stephen regularly speaks concerning property tax issues, and has addressed events hosted by the Independent Energy Producers Association, California Manufacturers Association, California Mining Association, The American Bar Association, The National Business Institute, The Western States Petroleum Association, The State Bar of California, The Institute for Professionals in Taxation, The Lorman Group and the California County Counsel's Association, Taxation Section. Stephen has, as part of his active partcipitation in Bar activities, participated in the Eagle's Lodge West Conference sponsored by the California Bar Association, Taxation Section, March 1997 (legislative clarification of statutes of limitation and procedures affecting property-tax assessments), April 1998 and March 1999 (both considering assessment appeals board procedures), and 2004 (addressing how new construction concepts apply to compulsory spending for regulatory compliance). Stephen chaired the ABA/IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminar on behalf of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation in 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. |
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Representative Bio Brad focuses his practice on tax controversy matters, including payroll, property, business license, employment, franchise, parcel, district, sales, documentary transfer, transient occupancy, utility user, income, parking, gift and estate taxes. Brad is experienced representing clients in audits, litigation and administrative hearings, as well as analyzing transactions and business models, and providing legislative solutions. Brad is based in Greenberg Traurig's San Francisco office. |
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