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Audit committee challenges 100% assessor allocation, votes to seek statewide breakdown from comptroller
Summary
Sumner County's Audit Committee debated a comptroller finding that the assessor's office attributed 100% of its expenditures to reappraisal; the committee voted unanimously to ask the Tennessee Comptroller's Office for municipal cost-share data covering all 95 counties to compare practices.
SUMNER COUNTY — The Sumner County Audit Committee on April 20, 2026 debated a state comptroller finding that the county had improperly allocated assessor-office costs to reappraisal and voted to ask the Tennessee Comptroller's Office for a listing of municipal cost-share practices for all 95 counties.
The committee's discussion centered on a finding in the 2025 audit report that the county had been using 100% of assessor-office expenditures as reappraisal-related. "The statutes don't outline a specific percentage," said the Comptroller's Office audit staff, who presented the state's view that assigning 100% of assessor expenditures to reappraisal is not appropriate and that counties should perform a cost-allocation analysis.
Why the committee acted and what it asked…
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