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Committee moves forward $7,095.42 assessor reward after discovery of unpaid property taxes
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to forward an ordinance recommending a $7,095.42 reward to an informant whose tip led to discovery of about $70,000 in unpaid property taxes following an unreported change in ownership. The item will go to the full Board on April 24, 2018.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on April 18 voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance recommending an assessor’s reward of $7,095.42 to an informant whose information led to detection of underpaid property taxes.
Douglas Legg, deputy director of operations in the Assessor-Recorder’s Office, told the committee that the case began with a reported parent‑to‑child transfer that the office later found was incorrect. "We learned that that was in fact not the case," Legg said, and the assessor’s office reassessed the property. The Tax Collector recovered about $70,000 in unpaid property taxes, Legg said.
Legg said the recommendation is made under a now‑expired watchdog property tax reward ordinance. "If the person reporting to us provided information that was unknown to the assessor, they were eligible for a 10% reward," Legg said. The 10% calculation produces the $7,095.42 figure the Assessor recommended.
Chair Jane Kim opened the item for public comment and heard none. The committee moved the item forward with recommendation without objection; the item will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on April 24, 2018 for final action.
The assessor identified the informant in committee materials as Natasha Korajenko (the transcript also uses the spelling Korzenko). The committee did not take further public testimony on the item.
