NPTR: Alert #139, Why Some Property Taxes Went Up and Some Went Down

[Wayne Fischer]

*Why Some Property Taxes Went Up and Some Went Down*

 

*ALERT:* #139

*DATE:* July 21, 2007

*TO:* Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Owners

*FROM:* Village League Tax Revolt Committee

 

*Dear** Incline Village & Crystal Bay** Property Owners,*

 

Maryanne and I have received multiple emails and phone calls asking 
which properties were included in the group of 1,000 that received 
reduced property tax assessments for this tax year, 2007/2008.  The 
assessment amount multiplied by the tax rate equals the amount of your 
property taxes for this year.

 

It is an extremely time consuming effort to look up each and every one 
of these requests.  The following information instructs you how to find 
this information on your own property.

 

Everyone had an opportunity to file a petition to appeal your 2007/2008 
property tax assessment valuation.  Alert #115 was sent by the Village 
League on January 1st, with very specific instructions as to how to file 
such a timely petition.  To re-read this Alert

please visit www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/a1xx/Alert115.html 
<http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/a1xx/Alert115.html>

 

The Village League delivered all the petitions that were received timely 
and filed them as a group on January 16th at the office of the Washoe 
County Assessor. The hearing Agenda for the Washoe County Board of 
Equalization on February 16th lists the names of all the taxpayers who 
filled a petition on time.  To see this Agenda, please visit the 
following page, _www.co.washoe.nv.us/clerks/board_agendas.php_ and then 
click on the Board of Equalization's February 16th agenda (right hand 
column, pdf symbol). 

 

As you scroll though the Agenda you can look for the APN of your 
property to see whether it was included in the consolidated petition.

 

*Now for the fun part*

To appreciate all the work that the Village League volunteers do for you 
behind the scenes, please visit the following page for the minutes of 
the above hearing:

_http://www.washoecounty.us/clerks/board_minutes.php_

 

The Washoe County Website makes the next steps difficult. 

1.  Now click on the Board of Equalization link

2.  Select Year = 2007 and then click on GO

3.  Now, click on the *February 16th BOE minutes *

* *

You will now download pages 31 through 115 page of the WC Board of 
Equalization 2007 Hearing's minutes.  Scroll to the minutes of our 
group's Petition which begin on page 40 and end on page 87. Starting On 
page 88 the properties that received a roll back of the land valuation 
to 2002/2003 for the 2007/2008 tax years are re-listed.

 

 

*Property Tax Valuation is also on the Washoe County Website *

You can also go directly to the Washoe County Assessor's webpage to see 
the history of your property tax valuations.  Just visit 
_www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pages/WCPropInfo.html_ and follow the 
instructions.

 

Once you get to your property's page, click on the *"Click here for 
additional assessment history"* link.  Look at the land valuation column 
to see how your land assessment valuation has changed since 1997.

 

*Attorney Fees*

The Village League has incurred huge attorney fees just to fight the 
rollback of our land valuation for the 2007/2008 tax year to 2002/2003 
for the 1,000 homeowners who filed their petitions on time.  Our 
attorneys attended 3 full days of Washoe County Board of Equalization 
hearings in addition to doing all of the research and preparation that 
was needed in anticipation of the hearings.  This is one of the reasons 
that the Village League continues to need donations to support our 
Property Tax Revolt.

 

*What about the Properties who did not get a Rollback?*

The Village League is still fighting that equalization cause for all of 
you through the court system.  Please re-read Alert #138 for an update.

 

Best Regards,

*Wayne Fischer**,* Webmaster

Nevada Property Tax Revolt Web

www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org

 

 

*Village League to Save Incline Assets Board Members:*

    * Maryanne Ingemanson, President

    * Dale Akers, Historian

    * Les Barta, Law Research

    * John Carney, Analyst

    * Wayne Fischer, Webmaster

    * Ted Harris, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman

    * Todd Lowe, Financial,

    * Chuck Otto, Public Relations

 

*Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.*

Non-Profit Corporation - FEIN 88-0399029

1165 Vivian Lane, Incline Village, NV 89451

Phone: 775-831-4011, Fax 775-831-0325

Email: mingemanson at charter.ne

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