Assessment

Assessor for Town of Brutus
Pamela J Kelley
9021 N. Seneca Street
PO Box 720
Weedsport, NY 13166
Email: pjkelley@centralny.twcbc.com
Phone: 3158349398
Fax: 3158349381
Website:  http://www.cayugacounty.us/CountyGovernment/RealProperty.aspx

Links:

Exemption Forms Online from the Office of Real Property Services
How to File for a Review of Your Assessment
Link to General Information
Cayuga County Real Property Tax ServicesVarious assessment information can be obtained from the County site.
File for STAR Exemption

FAQs:

Equalization Rate
“State equalization rate” means the percentage of full value at which taxable real property in a county, city, town or village is assessed as determined by the state board.” (RPTL Section 102) The rate is a ratio of the sum of the locally determined assessed values for all taxable parcels for a given assessment roll divided by ORPS’s estimate of total full value for that same roll.
Taxable Status Date
The ownership and physical condition of real property as of this date are assessed (valued) according to price fixed as of the valuation date. All applications for property exemptions must be filed with the assessor by this date.
Uniform Percentage of Value
The percentage of market value (full value) used by an assessing unit to establish uniform assessments. This value must appear on the tentative roll. Real Property Tax Law Section 305 specifies, “all real property in each assessing unit shall be assessed at a uniform percentage of value…”
Residential Assessment Ratio (RAR)
A percentage established by the State Board of Real Property Services according to law, using the ratio of assessed value to the sales price for each usable residential sale in a recent one-year period. Ratios are then listed from highest to lowest; the midpoint (median) ratio is selected as the RAR. The RAR can be used to prove that a residential property is assessed at a higher level than other homes on the assessment roll. Your locality’s RAR indicates at what percent of full value residential properties are assessed. For example, a RAR of 20 indicates that residential properties are assessed at approximately 20 percent of their full value.