If we review your case, and determine that a tax appeal is warranted, we must file an appeal at either the County Tax Board or the State Tax Court. After that occurs, the town will have the opportunity to request information from you.

That process is called discovery. Once you complete discovery, the town will have the opportunity to review the information. Sometimes after reviewing discovery, the town assessor may ask to inspect your property. The inspection is intended to review the information the assessor had in his or her file (which may be a number of years old), along with any circumstances specific to the property, such as flooding issues, miscalculation of square footage by the assessor�s office, etc.

After the inspection occurs the parties attempt to settle the matter amicably. This settlement conference can either be in court, and required by the Judge, or it could occur without the Court�s direction at the request of either party. If after that conference it becomes clear that the matter will not be settled both parties will hire appraisal experts to appraise the property, and the Judge will set a trial schedule.