Massachusetts Property Tax Representative
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Representative Bio David G. Saliba is principal in the Boston, Massachusetts Law Office of Saliba & Saliba. David is a member of the American Property Tax Counsel, The Massachusetts Bar and The New Hampshire Bar. Before becoming a partner with Saliba & Saliba, David worked at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Office of Special Investigations. David authored the Legal Opinion Column for the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers Newsletter from 1982-2000. He also authored a monthly tax column for the publication Globest.com. He currently authors a quarterly tax column for the American Property Tax Counsel. David has lectured at the Massachusetts Assessors’ School at the University of Massachusetts, and for the Institute for Professionals in Taxation and for the American Bar Association. David is the past Chairman of the Municipal Tax Committee of the Boston Bar Association, is Chairman of the Massachusetts Bar Association Tax Law Section Counsel and has served as Co-Chairman of the Municipal Tax Practice Group of the Massachusetts Bar Association. David practices entirely in the field of property taxation. He handles property tax matters at all levels of appeal. |
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4 Derne Street Tel: (617) 227-8640 website: |
Firm Information The Saliba firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts and was established by David J. Saliba in 1968. Since its inception, the firm has concentrated in the area of real property taxation. To set the stage for what was to become a nationally recognized real property tax firm, our founder devoted his career to the field as a lawyer, lecturer, and author. Since 1968, our firm has been successful in obtaining a significant tax adjustments for a wide variety of property owners, from individual taxpayers to Fortune 500 companies. Saliba and Saliba has favorably contested numerous real property tax assessments relating to industrial, commercial and residential properties. At Saliba and Saliba "personal service" is the foundation upon which we rest our basic philosophies. Each case is analyzed individually and given particular attention to determine the course of action to be taken. Although most of our cases are resolved at the administrative level, Saliba and Saliba has been successful at all levels of the judicial system. Saliba and Saliba consists of proficient real property tax lawyers, with a personnel staff of trained professionals who have thoroughly developed their skills in our area of expertise. In addition to our in-house attorneys, the Saliba firm has established a long term rapport with many well known Real Estate Consulting Companies in the industry. These outside companies are readily accessible to our firm for us to engage as appraisers, consultants, expert witnesses and the like. |
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Location4 Derne St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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