PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: An obscure state board that certifies property market values had a 65 percent error rate in a sample reviewed by state auditors, creating the possibility some property owners paid more taxes than they should have, Auditor General Jack Wagner said.
In an audit released Thursday, Wagner said the board, whose figures are used to calculate state funding for school districts and for other local government funding streams, made errors resulting from “a flawed computer system and human error” in 70 municipalities the audit examined.
If school districts and municipalities received less money that they were owed, the errors could have caused unnecessary tax increases, said Wagner. In other cases, districts may have received more money than they were entitled to, he said… (more)
