Assessment Services

Assessment Services

• New Construction assessment and field review
• Neighborhood Trending
• Sales Ratio Studies
• Neighborhood Re-stratification
• Land Valuation Review including Land Base Rate development and applicable adjustments
• Provide Defense of Values (Appeals)
• Income Analysis – GUTS uses industry standard tools and data to develop a true tax value based on the income approach for income producing properties
• Assessment Consulting Services
  • Access to Assessment Expertise
  • Real Estate
  • Personal Property
  • Mobile Homes
  • Not-For-Profit Exemptions
  • Golf Course Value Analysis using statutory mandated procedures
  • Digital Photos
  • Multiple Regression Analysis
  • New Subdivisions/Annexations
  • Parcel Splits and Combination Processing
  • Income Approach Methodology
  • Rental Properties
  • Appeals Tracking
  • New Elected Assessor Training and Consulting
• 25% Cyclical Review – GUTS will coordinate with the County Assessor and staff to draft a plan that establishes the statutory-required allocation of parcels and their location and use for each year of review (25% of all parcels). This will include the development of a schedule and timeline of completion for each year.
• Assessment Data Entry
• Data Cleanup
  • Property Tax Cap Allocation
  • Developer Discounts
  • Property Class Clean up
  • Missing Addresses data for Vacant and Improved Properties
  • Missing CAMA neighborhood numbers
  • Missing Commercial Data in Property Management System
  • Common Properties in Subdivisions
  • Deprecation Values/Effective Age
  • Central Business District Property Condition Review
  • Obsolescence Application and/or Removal
  • Audit of Grade and Design Factors
  • Audit of Condition Factors
  • Certificate of Occupancy Audit
  • Lot Size Conversion Issues
  • Construction Not Complete
  • Homesteads
• TIF Districts and Abatements Property Classification
• Abatements Real and Personal Property