01/31/2026
Help for understanding property tax assessment. Credit to Cynthia A Johnson. ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ (๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐)
This is ๐๐๐ a tax bill
It shows a ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ โ ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐
๐ This is the only window to challenge errors before tax bills come out in June.
๐งฎ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ
Review carefully:
๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ / ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โ ๏ธ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง.
If the facts are wrong, the value will be wrong.
๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Look up ๐โ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ nearby โ but understand what you are really being asked to compare.
๐๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐.
When reviewing comparables, focus on:
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ โ and whether those prices were influenced by new development, investor purchases, or location-based speculation
๐ If prices are higher because of development โ say that in your appeal.
๐ This is why Step 3 feels unfair to long-time residents.
๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ (๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐)
You can appeal:
๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
Include:
๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ of repairs needed
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ
This sentence (copy & paste):
โ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.โ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ซ.
๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐)
Be ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ
Be ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ
Be ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐
This is ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐
โฐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ
Miss the appeal window โ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐ง
June tax bills reflect ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐
๐ง๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐
๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง โ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅโ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ
๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐
๐ Stability means staying