To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function of the position satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Tippecanoe County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would present an undue hardship.
Incumbent serves as Personal Property Data for the Tippecanoe County Assessor, responsible for processing personal property, sales disclosure, appeals forms, not for profit forms, tax abatement forms, maintaining related records, and assisting the public.
DUTIES:
- Presents to neighborhood/public, reassessments, and valuation reports to public. Processes and audits orders, and affidavits, reviewing completeness and accuracy according to state regulations and statutes, notifying appropriate individuals regarding errors. Processing returns and orders to state within deadline, releasing consents, posting data, and assisting the public with forms.
- Researches and discovers unlisted taxable property and corresponds with owners on listing property. Calculates penalties and makes field reviews as needed.
- Audits personal property forms, updating database for transfer to Auditor=s Office, and notifying individuals of errors.
- Prepares and mails Property Tax Assessment Board appeals and change of assessment notices. Prepares and mails late assessment notices.
- Prepares and processes sales disclosures for trending, including making calculations according to state standards, entering data, proofreading printouts and completing, copying, filing and mailing notices. Processes and enters corrections of errors in database and property record cards and forwards copies to State and Auditor.
- Analyzes sales data. Differentiates valid/invalid sales data. Verifies date for trending commercial, industrial, residential, and agricultural real estate.
- Processes exemption applications and enters in database. Researches Indiana code to assist PTABOA with exemption percentages.
- Processes appeals documents and enters database for tracking. Researches data from Assessor’s database , provides input and knowledge of local area, researches related sales disclosures, reviews and evaluates appraisals for inadequacies /inconsistencies and preforms site inspections as needed to verify accuracy of property assessment re