There are 6 article(s) tagged Shelby County Assessor:

• March 2026

  • Tax revenue from xAI projected to double

    In the past year, xAI has built out a second Memphis data center campus in Memphis’ Whitehaven neighborhood.

    By Samuel Hardiman March 07, 2026

• August 2022

  • Halbert calls attention to vacation ‘disrespectful’

    Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert also responded to allegations from the Assessor’s office that her cut off of information from a county database on new business permits has cost the county $4 million in tax revenue.

    Related story:

    Assessor alleges Halbert decision costs county $4M a year in lost tax revenue

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2022

  • EXCLUSIVE: Assessor alleges Halbert decision costs county $4M a year in lost tax revenue

    As comptroller urges ouster of Wanda Halbert, a new controversy emerges.

    By Marc Perrusquia August 29, 2022

• November 2019

  • Meet the Orange Mound Task Force

    Orange Mound homeowners saw property values decrease by 26% from 2009-2019.

    By Elle Perry November 06, 2019

• October 2019

  • Assessor wants county task force to help halt African American home devaluation

    Shelby County assessor of property Melvin Burgess said his offices has studied Orange Mound and wants to use the community as a model in the creation of a plan to stop the devaluation of homes on African American communities across Memphis.

    By Linda A. Moore October 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • Electrolux says it will voluntarily release tax abatement as assessor pushes clawback

    Electrolux's surprise move to close its Memphis plant in two years, idling 530, ignites debate over what can or should be done about incentives that were poured into the plant.

    By Wayne Risher February 02, 2019