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Livingston Parish assessor explains how zoning affects property assessments, urges transparency
Summary
Livingston Parish Tax Assessor Jeff Taylor told the Master Plan Committee that zoning alone does not change assessed value until sales occur; he outlined the four-year reassessment cycle, exemptions that affect tax bills, and the assessor's outreach efforts.
Jeff Taylor, Livingston Parish tax assessor, told the Master Plan Committee on Jan. 16 that changing a parcel's zoning does not by itself change its assessed value; reassessments depend on market sales and are updated on a four-year cycle.
Taylor said parish land is assessed at 10 percent of market value while commercial buildings are assessed at 15 percent and residential buildings at 10 percent. "Everything that we do is based off of a sale price," Taylor said. "Zoning has no effect on it until you actually have a sale." He added that assessors use mass-appraisal methods and multiple sales across an area to set values rather than single transactions.
The assessor outlined timing rules that affect taxpayers: reassessments reflect property status as of Jan. 1 in the reassessment year, and values set in a reassessment year are carried for four years. He said a…
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