Ellison v. Dep't of Revenue
Ellison v. Dep't of Revenue
Opinion of the Court
*202**529The Department of Revenue has petitioned this court to reconsider part of its opinion in Ellison v. Dept. of Rev. ,
This court has reviewed the parties' arguments and concludes that it is uncertain whether, if asked to reconsider the practice described in its decision in Chart Development in light of the legislature's subsequent enactment of ORS 305.412, the Tax Court would reject that practice, or reaffirm it.
"Third, the Tax Court also had authority 'to determine the real market value or correct valuation on the basis of the evidence before the court, without regard to the values pleaded by the parties.' ORS 305.412."
We also modify a paragraph found on page 163 of the opinion, deleting two sentences from the middle of the paragraph. The modified paragraph will read as follows:
"First, the department's suggestion that the sole 'claim' in a property tax appeal is 'a request to determine the actual value of the property' obscures the fact that both parties made their own requests for affirmative relief from the BOPTA valuation. Viewed accordingly, even though the **530Tax Court made a single determination of value on appeal, it did so in the context of resolving countervailing requests for affirmative relief from the BOPTA decision that, as pertinent here, effectively functioned as separate claims by the parties."
We conclude that the petition to reconsider does not otherwise bring into question the opinion's reasoning or result.
The petition for reconsideration is allowed. The former opinion is modified and adhered to as modified.
Specifically: It is unnecessary for us to decide in this case whether, by giving the Tax Court authority to determine a real market value outside the range of values pleaded by the parties, ORS 305.412 might have altered whether the Tax Court has authority to confine its determination of real market value to the range of values pleaded by the parties, based on considerations that it identified in Chart Development or other appropriate considerations. Accordingly, we leave that issue for future determination in the first instance by the Tax Court.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Barbara ELLISON, Plaintiff-Respondent v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, and Clackamas County Assessor
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- 13 cases
- Status
- Published