![]() ![]() Accordingly, testimony and evidence about other people’s assessment will not be allowed in the tax appeal hearing. But is certainly not evidence of what the subject property is worth. A lower assessment on a better house may possibly be evidence that the better house was under-assessed. The commissioner(s) presiding over the hearing, however, will not allow any discussion of other assessments in the tax appeal hearing. Sometimes, taxpayers want to tell the Tax Board Commissioners about their neighbor’s houses, which are inevitably nicer and bigger than their houses, but with lower assessments. Attempting to use other assessments as evidence. The following is a list of common mistakes we routinely hear taxpayers make during their hearings, along with some of our suggestions of how to avoid them: 1. However, it is very important for unrepresented taxpayers to familiarize themselves with the process before their tax appeal hearings, in order to avoid mistakes that will cause them to lose their matters. With very few exceptions, a taxpayer does not need an attorney to represent him or her at the tax appeal hearing. ![]() Therefore, I often get to listen to other taxpayers presenting their cases, while I am waiting for my cases to be reached. ![]() The County Tax Board will then proceed by calling the list of cases, one at a time, typically “block and lot” order. County Tax Board hearing dates are grouped according municipality, often with several dozens of hearings for a single town scheduled on the same day. Since 2004, our office has filed more than 1000 tax appeals before the various County Tax Boards in New Jersey. ![]()
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