NJ Tax Appeals NOW
The Tax Appeal Process is a mechanism available to all property taxpayers. It is technical, confusing to the average taxpayer and driven by legal procedure. The only way to secure a tax assessment reduction is to navigate this intense process in an exacting and methodical manner. The data and topics presented here to assist you are constantly being updated to reflect current conditions within the New Jersey Tax Appeal Community.
Listed below are some of the issues that taxpayers will face, (and which are fully described here), during a typical Tax Appeal.
- What Type of Appeal Do you Need to File?
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- Valuation Appeal
- Discrimination Appeal
- Non-Discrimination Appeal
- Added/Omitted Assessments or Rollback Taxes Appeal
- Correction of Error Tax Appeal
- Valuation Appeal
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- Critical Dates – Filing deadlines, date of ‘True Value’ requirement, discovery dates.
- Tax Appeal Forms – When, where and who must be served with the appeal.
- Where to find the tax appeal forms.
- Where to Find Appropriate Filing Fees
- Pre Conditions of an Appeal – These MUST be met or the appeal will be dismissed.
- How To Determine if You Have a Tax Appeal Case
- Chapter 123
- ‘True Value’ vs. ‘Equalized Market Value’ vs. ‘Market Value’
- Critical Dates of Value
- Proving Value for Tax Appeal Purposes
- How to find an expert
- Doing it yourself / Limitations and Benefits
- Sources of market data for your Tax Appeal
- Informal Meeting With the Tax Assessor – What you need. What to do.
- The County Tax Board Hearing – Rules of Value, Rules of Evidence, Experts You Need, ‘Experts’ who will get your case dismissed. How to present your appeal.
- What to do if you lose – You can appeal to a higher authority
- Who can skip the County Board level and more importantly, Should they?
- State Tax Court Level – Procedures, Critical Dates, Rules of Evidence
- Realities of Tax Appeal at the State Court Level
- The ‘Freeze’ Act – What it means to you.
- Strategies for each level of appeal
- How to get the process started
If there are any issues or sections you find confusing, you can forward questions to Envoy Real Estate, (questions@njtaxappealnow.com), and we will do our best to provide you with answers. You can also join our tax appeal discussion which is an ongoing blog of current events, judgment summaries and tax appeal issues.
