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tummyman · 08-22-2009, 08:35 AM

Don't anticipate that an appointment with Vision will help. They are only interested in being sure their property card for you is correct...number of bedrooms, baths, interior finishes, etc. etc. If you feel you got "hit" with a high assessment, they are not interested in making a change...they push that off to the abatement process. The abatement process hurts the town...they have to take any changes to assessed property taxes out of an overlay reserve. IF there are no changes to assessments, then the whole overlay reserve stays with the town. The proper process is for the town to iron all these issues out BEFORE they set the tax rate, but they do not get Vision to work these problems out in advance. So you have to claw back with the town....and your tax dollars paid for the Vision analysis in the first place. Now don't you feel great ????????

08-22-2009, 08:35 AM	#22
tummyman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 889 Thanks: 279 Thanked 764 Times in 271 Posts	Appointments with Vision Don't anticipate that an appointment with Vision will help. They are only interested in being sure their property card for you is correct...number of bedrooms, baths, interior finishes, etc. etc. If you feel you got "hit" with a high assessment, they are not interested in making a change...they push that off to the abatement process. The abatement process hurts the town...they have to take any changes to assessed property taxes out of an overlay reserve. IF there are no changes to assessments, then the whole overlay reserve stays with the town. The proper process is for the town to iron all these issues out BEFORE they set the tax rate, but they do not get Vision to work these problems out in advance. So you have to claw back with the town....and your tax dollars paid for the Vision analysis in the first place. Now don't you feel great ????????