Did you know!

Some errors are the result of differences in opinion: an error-in-judgment.  Some errors are misstatements of fact: an error-in-fact.  Examples of errors-in-fact include clerical errors, data input errors, or incorrect square foot age calculations caused by transposing numbers during a field audit.

Everybody makes mistakes… even your local Property Appraiser.  These are not mean-spirited mistakes, and these errors are not made with bad intention… mistakes just happen.  People are not perfect.

However, if you do find an error-in-fact in the calculation of your real estate assessment, you can ask the property appraiser for a reduction in your assessment for the portion of erroneous calculation.

You can also request three years of back taxes.

The request for back taxes is made at the Finance Department or Tax Collector's Office.  The form that you will use is called a DR 462.  Prepare the DR 462 and present it to the property appraiser for a "certificate of correction."  If the property appraiser will not issue this certificate, take the DR 462 to your County's Tax Collector's Office, and ask them to forward it to the Florida State Department of Revenue.  Application for reduction due to errors does not require agreement from the property appraiser.

If you discover an error, or if you think there may be an error… contact me!

Robert B. Culverhouse, Real Estate Appraisal

www.tallyappraisal.com