I live in Los Angeles. I received a Notice of Proposed Escape Assessment. Does anyone know what that is?
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17 years ago
Escape Assessment
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17 years ago
Whoever sent it to you should know.
-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD
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17 years ago
They're raising your property taxes, perhaps because they think you did something to cause the taxes to be under assessed in the first place. In addition to the tax they may impose penalties.
Stu
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17 years ago
That's right. The county finally caught on that your property is worth more than it was originally assessed, due to an improvement they were unaware of previously. Did you build something without a permit? This improvement escaped assessment and is now being taxed. If you disagree with the assessment you can file an appeal with the Assessment Appeals Board.
Los Angeles County Assessor's Office - Contesting Assessed Values
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The instructions, mailing address, and phone number are at this site.
Linda Dorfmont E.A., CFP, CSA and Los Angeles County resident