Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Decides Tax Exemption for Goodwill Industries

In May 2020, Goodwill Industries of North Central Pennsylvania, Inc. (Goodwill) acquired the building in State College, Pennsylvania, in a high-traffic area that had numerous retail stores in the immediate vicinity. Later that year, Goodwill filed an application with the Centre County Board of Assessment Appeals (the Board) seeking exemption from real property taxes as an institution of purely public charity and averring that it met all of the criteria set forth by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court...
By: Cozen O'Connor