Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

assessment for benefits

Read a random definition: Disposing Clause

A quick definition of assessment for benefits:

Assessment is when someone figures out how much money you need to pay for something, like taxes or damages. Sometimes, if you live near a public improvement like a new road or sidewalk, you might have to pay a special assessment to help pay for it. This is different from a regular tax because it only applies to people who will benefit from the improvement. If the assessment is too high, it's called an excessive assessment. If you don't pay what you owe, the government might do a jeopardy assessment, which means they'll charge you extra because they think you might not pay later.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Assessment for benefits refers to the determination of the rate or amount of something, such as a tax or damages, that is imposed on property that benefits in some important way from a public improvement.

For example, a frontage assessment is a municipal tax charged to a property owner for local improvements that abut a street or highway, such as sidewalks, pavements, or sewage lines. This assessment is only levied on property in the immediate vicinity of the local municipal improvement and is valid only where the property assessed receives some special benefit differing from the benefit that the general public enjoys.

Another example is a special assessment, which is the assessment of a tax on property that benefits in some important way from a public improvement. This type of assessment is usually used to finance local improvements that benefit particular real estate or limited areas of land.

These examples illustrate how assessment for benefits is used to determine the rate or amount of a tax or damages that is imposed on property that benefits from a public improvement. This type of assessment is different from a general tax because it is only levied on property that receives some special benefit from the improvement.

assessment district | assessment fund

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
medicine is a scam
join the ethically ambiguous legal field instead
Dkk
18:57
I want to meet an attorney that defends clients who run into flat earth problems. I want an attorney that knows and believes in flat earth theory.
19:05
i want a flat earther for president. i want a guy who posts on 4chan for president. i want someone who mogs for president.
Dkk
19:18
Exactly. My version of that awful poem.
Dkk
19:19
I can accept a president with maybe one or two of the poems traits hut good God, all of them??? No ty.
windyMagician
19:20
president who respects sex is crazy
windyMagician
19:20
we had bill clinton already
Dkk
19:21
Bill Clinton, first and last black president
windyMagician
19:23
I want to go running but my leg feels weird
windyMagician
19:23
it doesn't hurt its just tingly
Dkk
19:26
It needs more alcohol. You tingle when your nerves need watering.
19:27
try stretching it maybe to see what's up
windyMagician
19:27
stretches make me think it's just soreness
windyMagician
19:27
I'm sober lol
Dkk
19:38
Anyone else get the google notification that your LSD password has been compromised lol. LSD got hacked.
20:48
what.jpg @Dkk
CynicalOops
21:03
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
jackfrost11770
21:10
nope dk
CynicalOops
22:37
Calvinamala Harris
jackfrost11770
23:16
should i start using letterboxed again
Dkk
23:25
@jackfrost11770: if you want but like it aint for me
dk do u ever eat at bk
Dkk
23:48
@chickenburgahfart: I would do that in the Army if really desperate for food or if I had to work through lunch. One of the few fast food places I go to.
bk so slept on
Dkk
0:23
I will take In N Out everyday over it when I can though.
texaslawhopefully
1:22
In N Out is not only the best fast food place, but the prices too are fantastic
Dkk
1:27
Indeed, indeed.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.