New Date and Place for Assessment Grievance Workshop

The Assessment Grievance workshop, originally scheduled for May 15 (see post below) has been moved and re-scheduled for 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 16th at the new Town Hall building.  Bruce Konkoski will run through the process and take questions.  Members of the TOPTA board will be available to assist with paperwork, if needed. 

Tax Grievance Workshop

Bruce Konkoski, TOPTA Board Member, will present a Tax Grievance Workshop on Wednesday, May 15 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM.  It will be held in Room 104 at Maxcy Hall on the SUNY Potsdam campus.  Bruce will talk about how to verify the accuracy of your assessment and the steps needed to grieve your new assessment with the Board of Assessment Review (BAR) and beyond.  This workshop is sponsored by SOAR.  To register, contact SOAR at 315-267-2690 or email soar@potsdam.edu

2013 Assessment Notification Letters Have Been Mailed!

The 2013 Assessment letters have been mailed.  How does your new assessment look?  This information is very important relative to what your school taxes will be with the new spending plan.  The assessment of our property increased 19%!  That seems to be over and above what was needed by the Town of Potsdam to move the equalization rate to 100%. 

If your assessment seems to be extraordinarily higher than expected, do something about it.  Contact the Town Assessor, find out how the new assessment was calculated and check out the comparables.  It is not necessary to accept the new assessed value of your home without documentation.  If, after talking with the Assessor, you still aren't satisfied, file a grievance with the Town BAR and go to Grievance Day.

The assessed value of your property is a very important part of the taxes you pay for County, Town, Village, and School taxes.  Make sure the value is equitable in your neighborhood.  Everyone is willing to pay their fair share, as long as it is fair.