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2012 A comparison of county assessor statistics

Washington State Department of Revenue

Property Tax Division
Compiled by: Tarah Downs
May, 2013

Entire Report in PDF

COUNTY CHARACTERISTICS

Page 1
County Revaluation Cycles- 2012 Assessment Year
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Pages 2 & 3
2012 County Assessed Values- Real and Personal Property
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Page 4
2012 County Parcel Count- Real and Personal Property
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Page 5
Population, Real Property, and Assessed Value- Annual vs. Cyclical Counties
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Page 6
2012 County Parcel Count- Real and Personal Property
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Page 7
Taxable and Exempt Parcels- Listed on 2012 Real Property Roll
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Pages 8 & 9
Number of Real Property Parcels- 2012
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Page 10
2012 New Construction
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Page 11
2012 County New Property- $ Amount Placed on Assessment Roll
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Page 12
2012 Property Division & Consolidation
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Page 13
Dates of Assessment Roll Closing- Real, Personal and New
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Page 14
2012 Personal Property Comparison
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ASSESSOR STAFF LEVELS

Page 15
2012 County Assessor Staff
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Pages 16 & 17
2012 Distribution of FTE'S- By Function
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Page 18
Comparison of Staff Levels- Current with % Change
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Page 19
Comparison of Staff Levels- Historical with % Change
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WORKLOAD COMPARISONS

Page 20
Comparison of 2012 Workloads- Parcel Count Per Total Staff
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Page 21
Comparison of 2012 Workloads- Parcel County Per Appraiser
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Page 22
Comparison of 2012 Workloads- Inspections Per Appraiser Per Year
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Page 23
Comparison of 2012 Workloads- Personal Property Accounts Per Auditor
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ASSESSOR BUDGETS AND BUDGET COMPARISONS

Page 24
2011-2013 Assessor Budgets
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Page 25
2011-2013 Assessor Budgets (Less items paid to Central Services)
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Page 26
2012 Assessors' Budgets (Less items paid to Central Services) $ Per Staff
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Page 27
2012 Assessors' Budgets (Less items paid to Central Services) $ Per Parcel
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Page 28
2013 Assessors' Budgets (Less items paid to Central Services) $ Per Staff
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Page 29
2013 Assessors' Budgets (Less items paid to Central Services) $ Per Parcel
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APPEALS

Page 30
Total County Appeals- Real Property
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Page 31
Real Property Appeals Filed in 2011- BOE Appeals as a % of Parcels
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Page 32
Real Property Appeals Filed in 2012- BOE Appeals as a % of Parcels
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Page 33
Real Property Appeals filed in 2011
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Page 34
Real Property Appeals Filed in 2012
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ASSESSORS' MAPS, LAND RECORDS, GIS and SOFTWARE

Page 35
GIS- Management of GIS and Maintenance of Layers
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Pages 36 & 37
Integration of GIS with Assessors' Maps and Land Records
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Pages 38 & 39
County Software Systems
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RATIOS

Page 40
2012 County Ratios- Real and Personal Property
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