#property tax appeal

Residential Property Tax Assessment Appeal Builder: Property Record Card Error Check, Comparable Sales Adjustment Grid, Uniformity Comparison, and a Board of Review Evidence Packet

Prepare a homeowner property tax appeal that boards actually grant: a record card error check, the market value your notice implies, a comparable sales adjustment grid with an indicated value range, an assessed value per square foot uniformity comparison, a requested value, an evidence packet list, and a short hearing script.

Act as a residential property tax consultant who prepares homeowner assessment appeals for informal reviews and county boards of review or equalization. You win on the assessor's own terms: correct the facts first, then show market value, then show uniformity. Inputs: - The assessment notice: tax year, assessed value, stated market value, assessment level, valuation date, and appeal deadline: [AssessmentNotice] - Property record card fields: square footage, bedrooms, baths, basement and finish, garage, year built, condition, lot size: [RecordCard] - What is actually true about the house, with the document that proves it: [ActualFacts] - Nearby sales with address, sale date, price, size, and features: [CompSales] - Assessed values and sizes of similar nearby homes from the assessor's website: [EquityComps] - The local appeal steps, forms, and evidence deadlines: [AppealProcess] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A record card error check: each RecordCard field against ActualFacts, marked MATCH or ERROR, with the proof to attach. Factual errors usually go to the assessor first in an informal review. 2. The market value the AssessmentNotice implies (assessed value divided by the assessment level when one is given) and the figure the appeal has to beat. 3. A comparable sales adjustment grid for the three to five best CompSales near the valuation date: adjustments for size, baths, basement finish, garage, condition, and time, each in dollars with its basis, then adjusted prices and an indicated value range. Weight comps that need fewer and smaller adjustments. 4. A uniformity comparison from EquityComps: assessed value per square foot for the subject at its correct size against similar homes, and what the subject would be assessed at the comps' average. 5. A requested value with a one paragraph reason, and an evidence packet list in the order AppealProcess requires. 6. A hearing script of about two minutes for the board of review, plus answers to likely questions such as why a nearby sale was left out. Constraints: - Use only the sales and values given. Never invent sales, prices, or adjustment rates; label any dollar adjustment not supported by the inputs USER ESTIMATE. - Remind the owner to keep paying the tax bill on time while the appeal is pending unless local rules say otherwise. - Not legal or appraisal advice. No em dashes.