COMPUTER SYSTEM TO EASE PROPERTY TAX MIX-UPS.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News Staff Writer Taxpayers befuddled by the byzantine property tax system should get a little help - and quicker resolution of their disputes - in coming months. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. county supervisors Tuesday ordered a series of changes, including expanding a computer system being developed for the Registrar-Recorder's Office to streamline the paperwork it shuffles to the assessor with each property sale. Currently, when a sale is recorded, the deed deed, in law, written document that is signed and delivered by which one person conveys land or other realty (see property) to another. A deed may assure the extent of the conveying party's ownership or, if the party is uncertain of the precise extent, he issues a is photocopied and sent to the assessor, along with other documents on the ownership change. The assessor then must match up 300,000 sets of paperwork to determine whether a reassessment Reassessment The process of re-determining the value of property or land for tax purposes. Notes: Property is usually reassessed on an annual basis. You may request a "reassessment" if you disagree with your assessment. and new tax bill are warranted. ``When you walk through it, it's a pretty stupid way to handle it, but that's what's built up over the years,'' said Chief Deputy Assessor Gary Townsend. The new system takes a digital picture of a deed and stores it in a computer. The system now will also be used in the Assessor's Office, so digital copies of the deeds deed n. 1. Something that is carried out; an act or action. 2. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit. 3. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most. and related documents can be sent over almost instantly, eliminating a lot of paperwork and problems, Townsend said. In the past, lost or misfiled paperwork has hung up new tax bills. |
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