Here's your chance to lower property taxes. Homeowners and homebuyers often complain about property taxes, myself included. With home prices dropping, many homes are overassessed.
As a homeowner, grieving your taxes allows you to save money annually and in the long run. It is a great benefit, when selling your home, to be able to list lower taxes. High property taxes are often a huge turn-off to buyers. When dealing with first time buyers, who are concerned with mortgage payments and utility bills, the lower taxes make the home very attractive.
Overassessed Home = High Taxes
The deadline to file your grievance (Grievance Day) is the 3rd Tuesday in May. This year would fall on May 19th, 2009.
Tax grievances may be filed by the homowners themselves or a representative of the homeowner. There are many professional tax grievance companies available to handle this for you. Their fee is often minimal and only required if they succeeded in getting your taxes lowered.
For additional info:
Town of Smithtown: http://www.smithtowninfo.com/Assessor'sOffice/templateproc.cfm?PageID=123
Town of Huntington: http://town.huntington.ny.us/department_details.cfm?ID=26
Town of Babylon: http://www.townofbabylon.com/faq/assess.cfm
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