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APPEAL YOUR
ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE
SPOKANE
COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Property assessment
is a sham. It is like a novel that may
incorporate
historical figures and
events, but neverless is pure fiction.
In the
determination of assessed valuation of property, the Spokane County Assessor
does not make comparisons to recent market sales of properties with near value,
they do drive-by appraisals.
They do not inspect the inside of the residence of the property they are
appraising.
When their
appraisal is challenged, the appraiser now wants to inspect the inside of the
residence and presents after-the-fact photocopies of property sales data with
conspicuously absent fact sheets that would show more recent sales of these
same properties at much lower amounts.
Because of
demand and smaller down payments, homes in poorer neighborhoods sell more
readily than homes in upscale neighborhoods; and assessor appraisals are higher
than comparative value with these upscale homes. Consequently, periodical assessor appraisals in poor
neighborhoods increase at a higher percentage rate than homes in upscale
neighborhoods, creating a graduated tax in reverse.
The assessed property valuation of higher priced properties
is less than their purchase price.
The higher the purchase price of the property, the greater the disparity.
Higher priced property owners pay less than their fair share of taxes.
Lower priced property owners pay more
than their fair share of taxes.
Lower priced property owners are being systematically over assessed.
The
assessor is, by law, presumed to be correct.
You must prove that the assessor’s value is not the true and fair market
value. RCW § 84.40.0301 How absurd. The assessor dictator does not have to prove anything. You may be the assessor’s political or
religious enemy.
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSED VALUATIONS
Property
assessment using Current Value Assessment is nothing but a “location tax” that
is punitive, volatile and malignant.
When assessor appraisers determine property values, persecution of some
people is always the aftermath.
CIVIL
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
County
assessor appraisers typically victimize senior citizens
and poorer neighborhoods, because they know that
these people cannot afford professional real-estate appraisers to appeal.
When assessor personnel discover that you do have an
attorney,
it is standard procedure for them to telephone him/her,
knowing that your attorney will charge you for the time spent.
MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENTS
Only the market place can determine the value of
property. A uniform and equal rate of property assessment and taxation is essential. Our property assessment system has been the source of controversy and
litigation for decades because it is chronically un‑uniform and unequal. Only an annual percentage increase to cover inflation should be allowed
until the property is either sold or major improvements are made.
The Washington
State Constitution – Article VII, § 1 –
requires that all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property and
all real estate shall constitute one class.
Because the Spokane County Assessor has abused
assessed property valuations, all taxes are not uniform upon the same class of
property and all real estate does not constitute one class, accordingly,
violating the Washington State Constitution.
When the
United States Supreme Court reviews assessed property valuations, it will rule
that states without a law limiting the amount of annual assessed property
valuation increases until the property is either sold or major improvements
made, cannot increase assessed property valuation until the property is either
sold or major improvements made.
It is the responsibility of the Washington State Legislature to
pass a law that will protect citizens from these unconscionable,
over inflated property assessed valuations that are, in reality,
only a surrogate for increasing tax revenue.
APPEAL YOUR ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE When you receive a
revaluation notice, you have 30 days from receipt of the notice in which to
file an appeal with the County Board of Equalization. If you disagree with the assessed value of your property and your
property value did not change, you have from January 1 through July 1 to file
an appeal with the SPOKANE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, 721 N Jefferson
St # 201.
The Spokane County Assessor demands
copies of Federal Income Tax Returns.
Federal Income Tax Returns are private.
State and local governments have no right to demand copies or to even
demand to view them.
The Washington State Public Disclosure
Commission does not demand copies of Federal Income Tax Returns. Neither does DSHS nor Veterans
Administration.
A lot of low-income people
do not file Federal Income Tax Returns; for instance, those who have only
Social Security Income or are DSHS aid recipients.
Should a property owner want to defraud
Spokane County, they could, simply, fill out a separate Federal Income Tax
Return, photocopy and submit to the assessor.
More appropriate would be a
Spokane County Assessor form that would state: I declare under penalty of
perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that the preceding is true
and correct and that each attachment hereto is true and correct.
There are no code references
given, front or reverse, on Senior Citizen Exemption form.
If the Spokane County Assessor cannot
administer the Senior Citizen Exemption program fairly and equitably, it should
be censured by the courts.
The fact that Washington State has a Senior Citizen
Exemption Program
is proof that property taxes in Washington State are preposterously high.
If there were a fair and equitable property tax system in place,
there would be no need for special consideration for seniors or anyone else.
SPOKANE COUNTY ASSESSOR
by Robert A. Kroboth www.citizengadfly.com
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link on your web site.
The power
to tax
is
the power
to destroy.
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APPEAL YOUR
ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE
SPOKANE
COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION