County's Property Value Assessment - How to win a dispute?

[def90]

What's the benefit of having a higher county placed value? Resale prices don't seem to care about that.

So they can tax you more? The benefit goes to the county, not the homeowner.. It's a tax hike they can get away with because most people get huffy about it but in the end just go with the flow.

I rent so I've never had to fight something like this.

[Dave_L]

So they can tax you more? The benefit goes to the county, not the homeowner.. It's a tax hike they can get away with because most people get huffy about it but in the end just go with the flow.

I rent so I've never had to fight something like this.

That's my understanding too. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

It's a tax hike they can get away with because most people get huffy about it but in the end just go with the flow.
I rent so I've never had to fight something like this.

It is a lot more an extremely uphill battle to fight vs. go with the flow. You'll likely spend more fighting it than the tax and the burden of proof is obviously all on you. Or so reads the documentation and so says a friend of mine who does tax assessment for the city.

Luckily, they don't look inside. While your assessment may go up, it'd go up even more if they came in and saw your remodeled bathroom, finished basement, that sort of thing, etc.