County: state tax system error left personal-property forms blank; corrected mailings expected

Jul 16, 2026

Assessor Larry Katz told the commission a state system roll-over error produced blank personal-property return forms for Berkeley County; the state has corrected the data and agreed to reprint and re-mail corrected forms, and the county approved a set of tax exonerations tied to identified errors.

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Assessor Larry Katz told the Berkeley County Commission that the state tax department failed to roll over personal-property files when the tax year changed, which caused many residents to receive blank personal-property return forms containing only a name, address and account number.

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