Penn Hills School District officials want to give low-income senior citizens a slight break on their real estate taxes in 2024. The board unanimously voted Wednesday, May 31 to approve a 3% tax rebate program effective the 2024-25 school year. District Chief Financial Officer John Zahorchak said 1,092 Penn Hills
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Pittsburgh Treasurer and Finance Director Douglas Anderson
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Pittsburgh’s finance department “made a mistake” when it didn’t include tax discounts or abatements on thousands of tax bills this year, city Finance Director Douglas Anderson said Thursday.
“The mistake was made,” Anderson said.
It means several thousand taxpayers in Pittsburgh who use programs like the Homestead exemption or the Allegheny County Senior Tax Relief program may have overpaid their park tax bills.
The problem has been corrected, officials said. Anderson said it isn’t known how many people may have been sent a bill for more than they owed and paid it.