Tax Attorneys (White Plains, Rye, Mamaroneck: real estate, assessor, broker)

[znycgirl]

Anyone have any good tips on tax attorneys in the Mamaroneck/Rye/Scarsdale/White Plains area?

We bought our house for much less than what it was assessed for & it correlates with the market value now. We hope to get the taxes dropped.

Please let me know...
TIA.

[westchester]

The company i used...........

[rubygreta]

Originally Posted by znycgirl

Anyone have any good tips on tax attorneys in the Mamaroneck/Rye/Scarsdale/White Plains area?

We bought our house for much less than what it was assessed for & it correlates with the market value now. We hope to get the taxes dropped.

Please let me know...
TIA.

You don't need an attorney. Go to the assessor's office and request the form for assessment relief. If you are having trouble filling out the form they should help you (check the box that states you property is overassessed based on its market value, not the box that states you think you are overassessed based on the assessments of other properties).

So if your full value assessment is $800,000 and you recently paid $650,000, the assessor should cut your assessment. You would attach the MLS information on your house (ask your real estate broker for the sheet) and attach it to the form.

You must submit the form and data to your assessor between June 1 and June 15.

Good Luck!

[znycgirl]

We ended up using the person who the sellers started off with.
It's a lot of $$ and we want to do it right (the IRS had audited us recently & charged 2K for a mistake that any tax person would have caught 5 yrs ago when my husband forgot something in doing his own taxes...)

[rubygreta]

Your call to waste your money. The IRS has absolutely nothing to do with this. It is between you and the assessor. It's for your property taxes. It has nothing to do with income taxes.