4ohSick
Well-known member
I can't speak for the entire state, but in the Helena area tax assessed value has been WAY below sale prices for the entire 8 years I've lived here. Tax assessed value would climb percentage-wise with the market, but was consistently 60% of the sale price of any given house. Then this year it suddenly jumped up to matching. I can't imagine winning an appeal when the value is suddenly a real number. If they were going to try to tie assessed value to real value, they should have done so incrementally instead of hammering everyone at once and giving a one-time $600 bandaid to try to smooth it over.Next time when the State reappraises your house and you think it is out of line, here is the process to appeal it.
Property Tax Appeal Form
mtab.mt.gov
I did it once about 8 years ago, and had the rate of increase cut in half. The assessor lady was not fun to deal with, but that's what it takes sometimes to keep them honest.