08/30/2021 Assessment Community Weekly
We wish you all the best for the Labor day weekend!
STAR credit update
We’ve begun to issue STAR credits in school districts where school taxes are due in September. If a property owner asks you about the status of their check, direct them to the STAR Check Delivery Schedule.
Reminder: Solar and wind webinar tomorrow
Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31, at 2:00 p.m., ORPTS will host a webinar for the assessment community on the new appraisal methodology for solar and wind energy projects. Here are some of the topics we’ll discuss:
- what the new appraisal methodology will mean for assessors and assessments
- step-by-step how to use the new appraisal model
- how you can comment on the preliminary model and discount rates
- how we developed the model in consultation with the New York State Assessors Association, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and the renewable energy industry
We’ll leave plenty of time to answer your questions.
No need to register in advance. A few minutes before 2:00 p.m. just follow these instructions:
To join the webinar, click this link: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e099962875748e525f4eae5383bceb8ae
Event number: 161 288 2154
Password (if needed): Solar2021
For the audio portion of the meeting, you will be prompted to call in or receive a call back.
If you will not have access to a computer, smartphone, or tablet at the time of the webinar, you can still listen in.
Call: 1-518-549-0500
Access code: 161 288 2154
Last call: Tomorrow is the last day to review your sales reports
August 31 is the deadline to review your sales reports in the Online Assessment Community. Your timely review is very important because we’ll use the sales data to begin the process of calculating 2022 equalization rates and RARs.
For more information, see Sales usability criteria.
On the arms-length report, there is a column which indicates whether the sale is COD/RAR usable. If you find a mistake or need to correct a sale, follow these instructions:
- RPS users: within your RPS file, make the correction and then re-transmit it by going to Standard Reports > Sales > Sales Transmittal Report. Please email the RPS035 to ORPTS.saleint@tax.ny.gov. The ORPTS sales database and online sales reports will be updated with the corrections.
- If you submit paper reports, use Form RP-5217 ACR, Sale Correction Form. Email the completed forms to ORPTS.saleint@tax.ny.gov or mail them to:
NYS TAX DEPARTMENT – ORPTS
ATTN: DATA MANAGEMENT UNIT
W A HARRIMAN STATE CAMPUS – BLDG. 8A
ALBANY, NY 12227-0801
Judicial cases
New Judicial cases:
- Cordaro v Town of Greece Assessor, Richard Baart
- Matter of Parkway Elderly Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc. v Assessor of City of Corning
