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Caruthers Property Tax Letter
Article 19. July 1st Update on Property Tax Appeals Across the State
As we reported earlier, for tax year 2009 the major Tennessee cities all completed revaluations of all properties in their counties for property tax purposes.
First, informal appeals were conducted and those are now completed.
Following is the current status for the three (3) major counties:
Knox County/Knoxville: Knox County assessors completed approximately 16,000 informal protests and the Knox County Board of Equalization met for only the month of June. County Board hearings are complete and all assessments not appealed are final. The next step for taxpayers not satisfied with the value may file an appeal to the State Board of Equalization within forty-five (45) days from the date of the notice from the County Board.
The County Board does not know yet how many appeals were filed, but they reportedly heard approximately 100 per day while in session. The Board had 2 to 4 Hearing Officers assisting with the appeals.
Davidson County/Nashville: The Davidson County assessors had approximately 13,500 informal protests filed and have 9,000 appeals filed for the Davidson County Board of Equalization to hear. The County Board was in regular session for filing appeals until June 19th. After that, no further appeals were accepted and the Board went into special session to hear only those appeals filed.
The County Board plans to meet in special session until the end of July. The Board has 65 hearing officers approved, but have only approximately 6 to 12 there daily for assistance in hearing the appeals.
Shelby County/Memphis: The Shelby County assessors have processed approximately 30,000 informal protests.
The next step for taxpayers is an appeal to the Shelby County Board of Equalization. The Board is presently in regular session at this time only for filing appeals. This appeal filing period will end on July 31.
The Board then plans to go into special session beginning in early September to hear all the appeals filed during the regular session. The Board has no idea at this time how many appeals have been filed to date.
The Board plans to have from 6 to 12 hearing officers daily assisting with the appeals. If the taxpayer is not satisfied with the hearing officer findings, the taxpayer may appear before the members of the full Board.
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