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

[davsel]

I just received my county property value assessment and they raised the value 50K over last year and want an additional $600 in taxes this year.
I have until 1 June to dispute it.

I purchased the property in November 2013 and the VA Assessment came in well over what I paid for it.
The county now says it's worth 75K more than the assessment.

Has anyone filed a dispute with the county?
I have never done this and just wanted to try to get some info on how it's done successfully.

I do not plan on selling the property, so I'd like to save some money on taxes and have the County's value lowered.
I'm also researching other options to lower the taxes through Ag exemptions and such.

[Jeff350]

You are not alone. My house in Centennial (Arapahoe County) went up 45%. A friend also in Arapahoe had his property go up almost 60%!

[BigBear]

Everyone's is going up even if you live in the slum.... "They" are trollin' for more tax money, they never have enough.

[Dave_L]

Mine went up by about 30% also (if I remember the notice correctly).

[Wulf202]

I'm interested too. Im expecting to have to fight aurora on this.

Weld county went up 5%

[cmailliard]

Mine went up $70,000 ($290,000 - $360,000) in Adams County. There was a story on the news about this the other day.

[Irving]

Mine went up, but to an amount that was slightly less than it appraised for.

[Dave_L]

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

[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.