Well Fort Wayne, Indiana
I don't know what you waiting for but here's a letter to send to the Department of Local Finance don't forget to attach a copy of your last year tax bill and your new bill. I would also email this letter to your state and local representatives, feel free to make changes, .
July 23, 2007
2529 South Lafayette
Fort Wayne, IN 46803-3349
260-602-1878
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate N1058(B)
Indianapolis, In 46204
Dear Cheryl A. W. Musgrave, Commissioner Department of Local Government Finance
The Department of Local Government Finance has adopted rules establishing a system for annually adjusting the assessed value of real property to account for changes in value in those years since a general reassessment of property last took effect under Indiana Code 6-1.1-4-4.5 (a). The system must be applied to adjust assessed values beginning with the 2006 assessment date and each year thereafter that is not a year in which a reassessment becomes effective.
The objective to the system is to promote uniform and equal assessment of real property within and across classifications. This system is to be used by assessing officials with certain specifications adopted by the Department of Local Government Finance
This petition is a request for the Department of Local Government Finance to investigate the annual assessment of the real property in Wayne Township and Aboite Township because assessors have failed to follow the rules established under Indiana Code 6-1.1-4.4.5.
This petition request that an order be made to Governor Mitch Daniels for resolution upon DLGF’s finding on whether or not these guidelines and those found in the Indiana Administrative Code for an annual adjustment were followed to the specifications adopted by the Department of Local Government Finance.
The methodology of willy-nilly selecting and using various property record cards from various neighborhood with assessed values that were not based on trending but from an earlier faulty methodology is not one of the method used for assessing property to insure and maintain a just and equitable valuation of real property. There are three generally accepted techniques to calculate market value in use, the cost approach, the sales comparison approach, and the income approach, which are incorporated by reference in article 21 of the Indiana Administrative Code. The arbitrarily and capricious selection of property record cards and not sales disclosure is not one of the three techniques listed.
The purpose of the article is to establish procedures to govern local assessing officials and the department of local government finance in the annual adjustment of assessed valuations of real property under Indiana code. The department of local government finance may adopt a resolution declaring its belief that it is necessary to reassess all or a portion of the real property located within the State of Indiana if the procedures, procedural requirements, and standards established by this article will ensure that the annual assessed valuations are reflective of current market values in use conditions
That fact is the Department of Local Government Finance is charged with maintaining a just and equitable valuation of real property throughout the State of Indiana. This is an emergency where the accuracy of the assessment of real property is an indispensable requirement for a fair and equitable system of property taxation of property wealth and does not become a forced contribute of dollars demanded by an overspending government.
This petition includes a request for the order to freeze the current property tax due at the amount of the 2006 tax bill fees until the reassessment has been completed for real property situated within Wayne Township and other similar affected townships in Allen County.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Dowdell
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