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I am a local attorney/realtor who owns a tax grievance business. You can definitely grieve your taxes yourself.
It is a 2 part process. The first filing is due by May 19,2009 with your local board. You will file the complaint form along with a copy of your appraisal and contract of sale. The target valuation date is 7/1/08. You need to prove what your house is worth as of that date.
You will hear from the board by beginning on September. If you lose at the initial stage,you will need to bring a SCAR proceeding. It sounds worse than it is. Many people give up at this stage. The towns are actually counting on it.
Good luck.
PS Just because you paid less than the previous owner does not mean you have a grievance. You need to prove that the town's assessing you too high!
Hello,
I am in the process of a purchase and the taxes are extremely high even more so that similar homes with an in-ground pool. I would like to grieve the tax of course and was told that I can do so with a copy of the signed contract since the sale would most likely not be completed before the grievance date is up. Do you know if that's true?
I am in the process of a purchase and the taxes are extremely high even more so that similar homes with an in-ground pool. I would like to grieve the tax of course and was told that I can do so with a copy of the signed contract since the sale would most likely not be completed before the grievance date is up. Do you know if that's true?
Has anyone done this before?
You can also ask the current owner(s) to apply for the grievance now
--the sellers should tell the company that is doing the grieving for them that the house is being sold
--company will include that in the application (with a separate letter to the listing agent with instructions)
--the application/result is transferable as long as the new owners are identified as per instructions
This is true...in fact the town assessor called me the day before my court date and requested I settle out of court. He offered me a "deal" on my assessment. I took it because it was close. He specifically said not many people stay on board through the whole process.
However it was not difficult. PM me if you want more info.
As some of the other posters stated...there are many companies out there who will do the whole thing for you. You usually do not pat unless they win...then you pay them 50% of the amount you save.
Does the town send out their own appraiser to assess the value of your house again when you grieve your property taxes? Thanks.
Does the town send out their own appraiser to assess the value of your house again when you grieve your property taxes? Thanks.
They did not send anyone out in our case. The tax assessor used some surrounding homes to compare...but the main tool he used was our current appraisal. He matched our assessed value to our appraised value. Since we were grossly overassessed (by about 120K) our taxes dropped quite a bit.
If you have a recent appraisal, you should be able to use that.
They did not send anyone out in our case. The tax assessor used some surrounding homes to compare...but the main tool he used was our current appraisal. He matched our assessed value to our appraised value. Since we were grossly overassessed (by about 120K) our taxes dropped quite a bit.
If you have a recent appraisal, you should be able to use that.
Can you grieves the taxes on a house that is not your primary residence?
What if that home is an investment property? Thanks.
You can greive in NY on a rental but only primary homes can file a SCAR if you get turned down on the first grievance
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