Assessor

spaffordassessor@gmail.com ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

315-783-4104 (cell) 315-673-4144 (office)

Tuesdays & Thursdays 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Appointments are appreciated

The town-wide revaluation currently underway is anticipated to be completed for the July 1, 2022 tax roll.

For name or mailing address changes. Changes requested with this form will affect the Assessment Roll ONLY. It will not change legal title to the property. Requests must include the signatures of ALL owners of said property.

MARCH 12, 2020

NOTICE FROM THE ASSESSOR:

The Spafford Town Board has decided to conduct a Town-wide Reassessment. One of the first steps is Data Collection, which is a complete update of all the property data in the Town. This information will then be used to update property assessments.

Data collectors will visit all Town properties with improvements (buildings) and measure the exterior of all buildings, take digital photos of the exterior of buildings and update the information in the Town records. The property owner does not need to be present, but if the property owner is on site, the data collector may ask questions to verify property information (#of bathrooms, bedrooms, etc...). Once the data collection phase is complete, a summary of the information gathered will be mailed to each property owner.

If property owners would like interior inspections of their property, the owner would contact the Assessor with their request. If there are any questions, please contact the Assessor.

Thank you. Jeff Lowe, Assessor

315-673-4144 (o), 315-783-4104 (c)

spaffordassessor@gmail.com

S.T.A.R.

STAR = School Tax Relief Information on the STAR program

RP-425-E (Fill-in) Application for Enhanced STAR Exemption

RP-425-IVP (Fill-in) Supplement to Form RP-425-E

RP-425-B (Fill-in) Application for Basic STAR Exemption

Grievance

Grievance Day is the Fourth Tuesday of May

Please call Assessor Jeff Lowe for details

RP-524 Complaint on Real Property Assessment Form

If you desire an appointment for Grievance, the completed RP-524 must be filed with the Assessor by the preceding Thursday.

Walk-ins on Grievance Day will be scheduled to meet with the Board as soon as possible.

Forms

REAL PROPERTY CHANGE REQUEST

For name or mailing address changes. Changes requested with this form will affect the Assessment Roll ONLY. It will not change legal title to the property. Requests must include the signatures of ALL owners of said property.

Exemption forms can be found at NYS Dept of Taxation and Finance

ALL EXEMPTION FORMS MUST BE FILED BY MARCH 1.

We receive many requests for estimates of future tax bills. The County and Town budgets that determine the tax rates for the January tax bill are not adopted until November. School budgets (for the September tax bill) are adopted in May.

Another unknown factor is your property tax exemptions; many must be renewed each year. If you fail to renew, or your qualifications change, (perhaps due to an income change), it will affect the amount due.

We strongly recommend you use prior years' tax bills as an approximate minimum.