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Local taxpayer urges Cole County to contest state-ordered reassessments, cites timing and access concerns
Summary
At a Cole County Commission meeting, taxpayer Jeff Shafercutter criticized the State Tax Commission's order that led to residential reassessments, questioned timing and notice to taxpayers, and said he will file an administrative complaint to preserve legal rights.
Jeff Shafercutter, a Cole County taxpayer, told the Cole County Commission that the process used to raise residential property assessments this year was unfair and left many homeowners without a practical way to appeal.
Shafercutter said he was not familiar with the terms of a memorandum of understanding the State Tax Commission sent to the county and that his understanding of the timeline came from a newspaper article and meeting videos. "On July 30, the day before that, the state tax commission honored the Cole County Commission to enter into this reassessment process with the Board of Equalization," he said during public comment, summarizing the timeline he outlined to the commission.
He said the Board of Equalization's letters to taxpayers used the statutory payment-under-protest route as the appeal mechanism and that, practically, using that route means a taxpayer must file a circuit-court action and pay court and service fees. "The increased taxes on James and my property is gonna be…
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