Kooshtard Property VIII, LLC v. Shelby County Assessor

This case concerns whether the Indiana Board correctly found that Kooshtard failed to establish a prima facie case that its land was overassessed. The Court finds that it did.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

During the 2006 and 2007 tax years (the years at issue), Kooshtard owned two acres of land in Shelbyville, Indiana on which a convenience store and gas station were located. In valuing those two acres, the assessing officials applied a positive influence factor1 of 100% that increased their value from a base rate of $200,000 per acre to $400,000 per acre.

Believing that the assessments were…