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Originally Posted by UKOK
You have to show recent sales, not other assessed values. You can use your own house as one of the comps if you just bought it. The deadline to appeal is around May 1st (depending on when the bill was mailed) so you have probably missed it for this year. You will have to prove that you house is over assessed by at least 15% or you will get no reduction. If you talk nicely to your tax assessor before court you can often get them to agree to an assessed value reduction to save them the hassle of court.
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Great info!
This explains some of it-http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/lpt/ptappeal.pdf
Couple of years ago, I met with our municipal tax assessor and was able to handle it that way and avoided the appeals process. My neighbours said that process was not a very pleasant experience. Their appeal was not successful.
Good Luck!
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