Your Realestate Assesment- For those who feel that their assesment is higher than it should be. We will provide a guide to take you through the appeal and review process. This must be done correctly or you will loose the appeal as is the case in more than 80% of appeals. If you have a valid appeal and do it correctly you will substantialy improve your results.
Like the "Rate Your Selectmen!" game, we are contemplating a "where did you see a town employee working?" game. This should be fun and keep everyone "on their toes".
Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? One must file an abatement and either be refused or disagree with the outcome to file an appeal. So I don't understand the explanation of the appeal and review process.
ReplyDeleteIf a resident feels that their taxes or assessment of their property is incorrect they have the option to file an abatement and have the assessor revisit the property. Of course an opinion is not enough there must be either a gross discrepancy on their property card from the actual property or substantial back up that proves their opinion.
The State mandates that abatements must be filed after the final tax bill of a given year and by 3/1 of the following year in order to be considered.
After review by the Assessor and then the Board of Selectmen an appeal can be made on the final decision.
So abatement first (and it is too late for 2006 tax year), review by the Assessor and Board of Selectmen and then and only then can the resident disagree and seek an appeal. A resident can choose to go to the BTLA (Board of Tax and Land Appeals) or go to court.
Yes, as a start. We intend a more expanded and informative article.
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