Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_je1cggr wrote
Reply to comment by aesthetichovvell in Gainey is set to unveil plans to challenge the tax-exempt status of more than a dozen properties in the city, including UPMC and a Propel School on the North Side by sugarandspice85
So what it seems like for propel is that propel set up a shell non-profit to own the parcel that their northside school is on and then they rent it to Propel school. You can't do this -- Propel itself could own the parcel and not pay taxes on it, but a separate company that owns the property is making rent on it, and that's taxable.
sparrowmint t1_je29cxr wrote
The state's auditor general called them out for this years ago (almost a decade at this point) and then the state/DOE did absolutely nothing about it, so presumably they can do this.
Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_je2idgi wrote
Fuck them. Wow. They're taking $$$ from the department of Ed and then also turning around and avoiding property taxes. Assholes.
All while surviving on taxpayer money. That's balls.
That explains the shell company. So they can keep getting a shit ton from DOE to reimburse leases.
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