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What does Exemption mean?
A law-based reduction or removal of qualifying property value from specified property taxation.
Exam cue: Eligibility, amount, filing and affected taxes depend on the particular exemption program.
What does it look like in a question?
New York example
An eligible owner receives a partial exemption that reduces taxable assessed value for a stated tax.
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What should you not confuse it with?
An exemption is not the same as an assessment reduction based on a lower property value.
Related taxes and assessments terms
Assessed valueThe value placed on real property for property-tax administration.Assessment rollThe official municipal record listing parcels, assessed values, exemptions and related assessment information.Equalization rateNew York State's measure of a municipality's overall level of assessment, calculated from total assessed value and total market value.Tax levyThe total amount a taxing jurisdiction determines it must raise through property taxes.Tax lienA charge against property for unpaid property taxes.Tax rateThe rate applied to taxable assessed value to calculate property tax for a jurisdiction.
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