DUTIES:

It is the duty of the Assessor’s Office to establish values of ALL real property within the Town of Goshen (including Village of Goshen, p/o Village of Chester and p/o Village of Florida) in accordance with Real Property Tax Laws of NYS. All exemptions are administered by the Assessor Office, e.g.  veteran, senior citizen, primary residence STAR, agricultural, physically disabled persons with limited income, business incentive, volunteer firefighters/ambulance workers and wholly exempt properties.

Other functions of the Assessor’s Office include processing of real property deed transfers, tax escrow account maintenance, address changes and maintain and update inventory on all  properties.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

MARCH 1^{st:  _} Taxable Status Date (deadline for filing ALL exemptions, last day to pick up valuation on all real property). (See legal notice published in local newspaper).

MAY 1^st  -TENTATIVE Assessment Roll filed in the Assessor’s Office & the Town Clerk Clerk’s Office.

-Examination of the Tentative Assessed Values is open to the public. (See legal notice published in local newspaper)

4^th TUESDAY IN MAY-  Grievance Day (one & only day to personally appeal to the Board of Assessment Review).  May file grievance application from May 1st to the 4th Tuesday in May).

JULY 1^st  -  FINAL Assessment Roll filed in the Assessor’s Office & the Town  Clerk’s Office.  Taxes apportioned for the following year from this assessment roll. (See legal notice published in local newspaper)

JULY 1^st preceding year - Valuation date

Small Claims Assessment Review (S.C.A.R.) & Certiorari (Art.7) Filings must be received within 30 days after the filing of the Final Assessment Roll.

LINKS:

NYS Office of Real Property Services (NYSORPS):   http://www.orps.state.ny.us/

O.C. Real Property Services      http://www.orangecountygov.com

FREQUENTLY REQUESTED FORMS

(Can be found on the NYS ORPS website above or the link below)

http://www.orps.state.ny.us/ref/forms/subjects/exempt.htm

Office of Real Property – General information can also be accessed here.

Example of some forms  accessible from the above website:

ARP305 - Agricultural Exemption - Agricultural Renewal

RP425 - Basic STAR/Enhanced STAR application -1^st time (applies to School Tax Only)

RP425 rnw - Renewal for Enhanced STAR (applies to School Tax Only)

RP458 A - Alternative Veterans Exemption - Cold War Veterans Exemption

RP466 f - Volunteer firefighter/ambulance workers partial exemption

RP467 - Senior Citizen application – 1^st time (applies to County/Town/Village/School)

RP467 rnw - Senior Citizen Renewal application (applies to County/Town/Village/School)

RP483 - Agriculture & Horticultural Buildings/Structures

RP485B - Commercial/Business/Industrial partial Tax Exemption

RP524 - Complaint on Real Property Assessment (Grievance Application)

Change of address forms can be obtained in the Assessor’s Office.