Rule 5003(f) - Tax Exemption Cases1. All appeals to court from a determination of the Board of Tax Assessment Appeals involving a claimed exemption from real estate tax shall be accompanied by the full and complete transcript of the hearing before the Board, together with all documentary evidence entered as part of that record and the Board's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in support of its decision. 2. In any appeal to the Board or to court involving a claimed exemption from real estate taxation, the property owner claiming tax exemption shall be subject to such relevant discovery by written interrogatories, deposition and production of documentary evidence as reasonably bears on the property owner's claim of tax exemption. Discovery shall be requested and completed within one hundred twenty (120) days from the requesting party's receipt of notice of the initial application to the Board. Except in cases where such discovery requests has not been complied with prior to the Board's hearing, no additional discovery shall be permitted on appeal to court from the Board's decision, except by leave of court. Chest. Cnty. Ct. Comm. Plea. R. 5003(f)
Comment: This rule specifically does not require simultaneous exchange of information; instead the entity filing an appeal should bear the initial expense and burden of producing an appraisal. This rule should then conserve resources by giving the respondent the opportunity to accept the appellant's appraisal as satisfactory before ordering his or its own appraisal.