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County assessor reports 7,906 appeals filed for 2025; office to audit nonfilers rather than immediately assess penalties
Summary
El Paso County Assessor Mark Flucher presented the Board of Equalization annual report: 7,906 appeals filed in 2025 (down from 33,000 two years ago), 46% of appeals adjusted, median adjustment about $67,000; 841 taxable businesses did not return personal property declarations and will be audited rather than immediately penalized.
Mark Flucher, El Paso County assessor, presented the Board of Equalization's annual report and told commissioners the report is required by statute to disclose appeal information and related values.
Flucher said 7,906 property appeals were filed for 2025, far lower than the roughly 33,000 appeals filed two years earlier. He reported that 46% of appeals were adjusted this year; the office's long-term average since 2011 is about 55%, and the highest adjustment year was 2011 at 71%.
Flucher said the median adjustment amount this year was about $67,000. He said the 2025 numbers were influenced by commercial and industrial property appeals and that a new valuation system and additional income information from business owners improved the assessor's ability to identify discrepancies and make adjustments.
He reported that 41% of appeals were filed by tax agents (as opposed to individual property owners), and that nearly half of those agent-filed appeals came from a single out-of-state company. Flucher said the office will present the full data and supporting files electronically to commissioners rather than a large printed packet.
On personal property declarations, Flucher told the board that 841 taxable businesses failed to return the required declaration. Although the statute allows for penalties, Flucher said his office will first audit those businesses to confirm they still exist and verify filings rather than immediately applying penalties.
Commissioners had no substantive questions during the presentation, and the assessor concluded by offering the underlying data for commissioners to review.
