
Jersey City’s recent 32% property tax increase is the most significant property tax hike levied in decades. Read on for the impact this will have on NJ commercial property taxpayers and how they can find relief.
Jersey City’s recent 32% property tax increase is the most significant property tax hike levied in decades. Read on for the impact this will have on NJ commercial property taxpayers and how they can find relief.
It is official. Jersey City has finalized the 2022 tax rate, and it represents an unprecedented increase of 32% from its 2021 tax rate. Remarkably, it is estimated that the average homeowner in Jersey City will see an increase of $2,360 in their yearly property taxes. This type of one-year increase can be catastrophic for… Read more »
David Wolfe, Co-Managing Partner of Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C., has been recognized by Best Lawyers for his work in Tax Law. He is a property tax appeal attorney for commercial, industrial, and multi-family property owners. Recognition by Best Lawyers is entirely based on peer review (methodology can be found here); tens of thousands of lawyers… Read more »
Jonathan W. Wolfe, Co-Managing Partner of Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C., has been named “Lawyer of the Year 2023″ for Family Law in Newark, by Best Lawyers. A single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a “Lawyer of the Year” award. Being named by Best Lawyers is a recognition conferred by peers… Read more »
Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C. is proud to announce that the 2022 edition of Chambers High Net Worth has listed our Co-Managing Partner, Jonathan W. Wolfe, in Band 1 for High Net Worth Family/Matrimonial Law in the State of New Jersey. This is the second year in a row that Mr. Wolfe has received this distinction…. Read more »
New Jersey is one of the nation’s leading hubs for life sciences companies, including pharmaceutical, biotech, and beyond. The COVID pandemic has only enhanced that status, favoring domestic pharmaceutical production over international production. That is only one of the effects of a recent boom of development in the life sciences, not only in the Princeton… Read more »
When a tax-exempt, New Jersey congregation that had worshipped together without a formal church building for many years recently was able to purchase a property from another religious group, there was much to rejoice. They had operated after-school programs and other services for their members, but the only thing they didn’t have was a building… Read more »
In Township of West Milford v. Van Decker (120 N.J. 354 576 A.2d 881), the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the defendants who it said were singled out for property tax reassessment after purchasing a new home in the municipality. Argued and won by the property tax attorneys at Skoloff & Wolfe,… Read more »
There are many qualities that contribute to a person being an effective divorce mediator. Above all is the capacity to listen and have compassion for both parties, and not lean to one side, but see both sides. Like a judge, a qualified divorce mediator is someone who’s highly knowledgeable in New Jersey divorce and family… Read more »
Mediation is a different path to divorce that few couples have considered or understand. Instead of having a Judge make binding decisions in a drawn-out litigation process, mediation allows both sides to discuss their issues and concerns, while hashing out an agreement that is more equitable to each person and to their children. That is… Read more »