We stopped a town from imposing an unlawful tax on our client, a townhouse community. A large townhouse community on Long Island discovered that the town was charging it thousands of dollars for refuse collection services that the townhouse community could not use. When the discrepancy was brought to the town’s attention, it refused to stop charging the tax. The development was paying for a private carting company and paying additional money every year to the town for a service it didn’t get and didn’t want.
The community lodged a formal protest, but the town refused to stop collecting the tax. We prosecuted a lawsuit and won. Our client no longer pays taxes on services it doesn’t use, and the town was ordered to pay a substantial tax refund.
Evan S. Schwartz
Founder of Schwartz, Conroy & Hack
800-745-1755
ESS@schwartzlawpc.com