NR# 40-K
Date: August 8, 2000
Customer and Taxpayer Services Division
Assessment Practices Survey Released for Sonoma County
The Board of Equalization (BOE) today released an assessment
practices survey report on Sonoma County, announced Johan
Klehs, Member, State Board of Equalization.
Approximately once every five years, the BOE conducts a review
of each county's assessment functions. Issued as "Assessment
Practices Surveys," these reports make recommendations
to strengthen or improve local property tax assessment programs.
The current report provides some recommendations and suggestions
to improve the effectiveness of the assessor's operations.
They include:
- Limit assessment roll corrections to only those years
permitted by statute.
- Bring the mandatory audit program to current status.
The Board's County Property Tax Division conducted the review
of the assessor's operation to ensure that properties are
being assessed properly and efficiently. The review focused
on the quality of the 1997-98 Sonoma County assessment roll,
which contained a total of 182,843 assessments having a total
enrolled value of $28.9 billion.
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Note: A copy of the Sonoma County Assessment Practices
Survey is available upon request
