| Quarterly newsletter published by the Department of Revenue's Property
Tax Division. |
Qtr 1 2013 Review
Topics in this issue include: Leadership Changes; BTA Decisions on Nonprofit Exemptions; Online Appraisal Resources; FAQ- Assessment of Mobile and Manufactured Homes; State Assessed Utilities Update; Property Tax Faces & Places; Customer Service Award Winner; Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 2 & 3 2012 Review
Topics in this issue include: Websites Taxable as Personal Property; Personal Property Assets for Timeshares; Updating Valuation Guidelines; Assessor Statistics Released; BTA Decisions on Nonprofit Exemptions; Guide to Mass Appraisal; Legislative Update; Faces at DOR |
Qtr 1 2012 Review
Topics in this issue include: Quarterly reminders, Taxability of Software, Upcoming Training, Fixed Loads vs. Vehicle Equipment, Streamlining Business Processes, Property Tax Advisories, Faces & Places at Property Tax, Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 2 2011 Review
Topics in this issue include: Leadership Changes, Church Fundraising, Sale Price vs. Market Price, Watercraft Exempt or Not, 2011 Legislation, Advisory Appraisals, County Comparison Study, Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 1 2011 Review
Topics in this issue include: PUD Basic Charge Issues Resolved, New Personal Property Video, Personal Property FAQs – Title Plants, Property Tax Faces & Places, Forms & Publications, Rules Revisions Suspended, Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 2 2010 Review
Topics in this issue include: Annual Revaluation Grant Program, Valuation Advisory Assistance, Helping Veterans Find Property Tax Relief, Ballot Measure Requirements, Trends in Property Tax Relief Programs, 2010 Legislation Implementation, Property Tax Faces & Places, Personal Property Blast From the Past, Property Tax Special Notices, What is Frozen Value. |
Qtr 1 2010 Review
Topics in this issue include: 2010 Special Session Highlights, Personal Property Discovery Tools, Levy Audit Findings, Personal Property Questions – Rental Equipment, New Faces at Property Tax. |
Qtr 4 2009 Review
Topics in this issue include: Annual Revaluation Grant Program to Begin; Current Use Two-Year Death Window; Online Training; Valuation Advisories; Statewide Utility Values; Property Tax Special Notices; Property Tax Questions Answered. |
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Qtr 2 & 3 2009 Review
Topics in this issue include: Implementation of SHB 1733 – Equine Related Activities; 2009 Legislative Report; Property Tax Special Notices; Staff Changes; Updating the Valuation Guidelines. |
Qtr 1 2009 Review
Topics in this issue include: Current Use Parcels in Foreclosure, Board of Equalization Training, Deferral Program Expected to Grow, Personal Property--Leased Equipment, Residential Workshop Overview, Property Tax Advisories, Property Tax Special Notices, 2009 Legislative Session, Personal Property Tools for Assessors
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Qtr 4 2008 Review
Topics in this issue include: Low Income Housing Valuation Guide Issued, Increased Assessment Appeals, County General Levy & Earmarked Funds, Conversion to Annual Revaluation, 2009 Advisory Assistance, Open Space Taxation & Boarding of Horses, Senior Citizen & Disabled Persons Property Tax Exemptions, Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 2 & 3 2008 Review
Topics in this issue include: Allocated Costs vs. Historical Cost; Current Use: Integral Home Sites; Personal Property Guidelines Annual Survey; New Faces at Property Tax; Property Tax Special Notices |
Qtr 1 2008 Review
Topics in this issue include: Current Use Focus, Accreditation Data Available On-Line, Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) Milling Machines, New Faces at Property Tax, 2008 Legislative Update |
Qtr 4 2007 Review
Topics in this issue include: Valuation Advisory Team, Administrative Segregations, Obtaining Information on Water Right Transfers, 2007 Utility Valuations, New Faces at Property Tax, Legislative Updates |
Qtr 3 2007 Review
Topics in this issue include: Property Tax Exemptions & Deferrals, County Sales Validation Process, Staff Changes, Leasehold Excise Tax Distributions to Local Jurisdictions, Accreditation Data Going On Line |
Qtr 2 2007 Review
Topics in this issue include: Physical Inspection Requirements, 2007 Legislative Update, Annual Revaluation Project, Advisory Valuation Program Growing |
Qtr 1 2007 Review
Topics in this issue include: Personal Property Form Available; Closed Businesses Required to File; Head of Family Exemption Increased; Recent Court Cases; Intercounty Utility Assessments; Staff Changes at Property Tax |
Qtr 3 2006 Review
Topics in this issue include: Challenge to I-747, Tax Sales -- Due Process Clause, Levy Training Update, Special Tax Valuation of Historic Property, Staff Changes at Property Tax |
Qtr 2 2006 Review
Topics in this issue include: Levy Review Program, Board of Equalization Rules Updated, Personal Property Assessment Issues, Accreditation Program, Initiative 747 Superior Court Ruling, Staff Changes |
Qtr 1 2006 Review
Topics in this issue include: Ad Valorem Representative on Commission, Mass Appraisal Symposium, County Progress Recognized, Performance Measure Corner, Valuation Guidelines, Best Practices -- Senior Citizen Program, Legislative Changes, Staff Changes |
Qtr 4 2005 Review
Topics in this issue include: Staff Changes at Property Tax, 2004 Assessor Statistics Released, Benefit Assessment Districts -- Mosquito, Property Tax Revaluation -- Supreme Court Decision, Performance Measure Corner -- Education Statistics, 2006 Training Calendar and Scholarship Applications Available |
Qtr 3 2005 Review
Topics in this issue include: What is DOREETA, Levy Review Program, How to Find Us on the Web, Moving Mobile Homes, 2006 Training Calendar & Scholarships, Personal Property Assessment Issues |
Qtr 2 2005 Review
Topics in this issue include: 2005 Legislative Session, Proposed Changes to Valuation Guidelines, Sales Study Audit Program, County Ratio Reviews, In the Spotlight--New Assessors, 2004 Utility Company Valuations, Personal Property Assessment Issues |
Qtr 1 2005 Review
Topics in this issue include: Tribal Exemptions, Assessor Statistics Released, Utility Valuation Certification Process, Staff Changes at DOR, Awards, Personal Property Assessment Issues |
Qtr 2 2004 Review
Topics in this issue include: New Construction/Improvements to Property, Making Sense of Levies, Overvaluation of Mobile and Manufactured Homes, A World of Acronyms, Calculating Interest and Penalties, Aerospace Industry B&O Tax Credit |
Qtr 1 2004 Review
Topics in this issue include: Board of Equalization Training, Initiative 864, County Progress, Sales Study Audits, Valuation of Privately-Owned Improvements on Public Land, 2004 Personal Property Valuation Guidelines Highlights, Video Games vs. Arcade Games, Utility Valuations for the 2003 Assessment Year, Revaluation and Inspection Cycles, 2004 Legislation Update |
Qtr 3 2003
Review
Topics in this issue include: New Levy Forms, Revamped Levy Review Program, 2002
Assessor Statistics Released, Business Inventory Exemption Apply to Mobile Home
Dealers, Electronic Filing of Personal Property Listing, Techno-Appraiser Meets
Techno-Assessor, Interest Rates on Refunds, Leasehold Tax Compared to Property Tax,
Legislation Implementation: Biodiesel and Alcohol Fuel Manufacturing and Wood Biomass
Fuel |
Qtr 2 2003
Review
Topics in this issue include: Legislative News, County Progress Recognized, Personal
Property Affidavit Retention, Buildings on Leased Government Land, Personal Property
Listing, Discovering Personal Property, County Levy Audits, Property Tax GIS System,
New Senior Citizen/Disabled Persons Exemption Rules, Water Right Transfers |
Qtr 1 2003
Review
Topics in this issue include: Boundary Line Adjustments--Cyclical Counties;
Changes in Valuation of Videotapes, Laser Disks & DVDs; Valuation of Leasing
Company Assets: Acquisition Year vs. In-Service Year; Valuation of Hotel and
Motel Supplies; Board of Equalization Training; Levy Hodgepodge; Property Tax
Forms and Publications; What's Happening in the Ratio Valuation Program;
Property Tax Division Staff Spotlight |
Qtr 4 2002
Review
Topics in this issue include: Newly Elected Assessors, Constitutional Amendment
Authorizes Multi-Year Levies for Fire Districts, New Levy Rules, 20% Minimum
Value Dilemma, Head of Family/Farm Machinery & Equipment Exemptions
and the Abstract of Assessed Values -- Calculating the State Levy, Power
Plant Cancellations Affect Transmission Plans, Wind Generation Facilities,
Soldiers' & Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 |
Qtr 3 2002
Review
Topics in this issue include: New Property Tax Assistant Director Named,
Assessment of Software, Assessing Leasehold Improvements, GIS & Mapping,
2002 Utility Valuations |
Qtr 2 2002
Review
Topics in this issue include: 2002 Legislation Overview, Course Approval
for Accreditation Continuing Education Credits, Competency Examinations
Still Available, Who Should Assess A Title Plant and How?, Can A Trust Be
Treated Like A Sole Proprietorship For The Head of Family Exemption?, Global
Positioning Units Mounted on Vehicles--Taxable or Not?, Rule Revisions |
Qtr 1 2002
Review
Topics in this issue include: County Review Program Established, Ratio WAC
Rules Hearing, Washington's Budget Crisis, Property Tax Housekeeping Bill,
Valuation of Videotapes, LLC Treated Like Sole Proprietorship?, Two-Year
Death Window, Appraisers -- Accredited or Certified? |
Qtr 4 2001 Review
No newsletter published for Quarter 4 2001 |
Qtr 3 2001
Review
Topics in this issue include: Distribution of Additional Tax, Farm & Ag
Interest Rate, Education Archives, Property Tax Case Review, County Progress,
Personal Property Conference |
Qtr 2 2001
Review
Topics in this issue include: Northwest Property Tax Conference, Accreditation
Questions Answered, In Focus - Skagit County, Is the Assessor Correct?,
Forms Revisions, Legislative Update, What's Taxpedia? |
Qtr 1
2001 Review
Topics in this issue include: An Event to Remember, Staff Update, Appeal
Process Reminders, Lessor or Lessee - Who's Responsible?, First Quarter
Training Report, BTA & Court Decisions |
Qtr 4
2000 Review
Topics in this issue include: Property Tax Advisory Issued, Accreditation
Forms Get New Look, Fall Busy Training Time, Personal Property Reassignment,
Training Courses Offered |
Qtr 3 2000
Review
Topics in this issue include: Detached Garages, Agricultural Burning, Ratio
Sales Study Audit Program, New PTA Issued, Training Courses Offered, Conference
Reports, The New Property Tax Building |
Qtr 2 2000
Review
Topics in this issue include: 2000 Legislation, Rules in Progress, Quarterly
Reminders, Own a Fixed Load?, Keep Those Certificates |
Qtr 1 2000
Review
Topics in this issue include: I-695 Issues, Revaluation Rules, Upcoming
Training, So You Own a Kubota, Development Authorities, Who to Contact |