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Taxes and assessmentsSubject 14 of 19

Taxable assessed value

The portion of assessed value remaining after applicable exemptions for the tax being calculated.

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What does Taxable assessed value mean?

The portion of assessed value remaining after applicable exemptions for the tax being calculated.

Exam cue: Subtract only exemptions that apply to the stated taxing purpose before applying the tax rate.

What does it look like in a question?

New York example

A parcel has $200,000 assessed value and a $30,000 applicable exemption, leaving $170,000 taxable assessed value.

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What should you not confuse it with?

An exemption may apply differently across taxing purposes, so one taxable value does not automatically control every tax bill.

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.ExemptionA law-based reduction or removal of qualifying property value from specified property taxation.Tax levyThe total amount a taxing jurisdiction determines it must raise through property taxes.Tax lienA charge against property for unpaid property taxes.
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