Fulton Resets Property Assessment Process For 2017

ATLANTA, GA -- Fulton County will soon roll out a new mechanism for its 2017 property tax assessment process.

As you recall, the Fulton County Commission in June voted to freeze property values at 2016 levels due to the intense level of outcry from thousands of residents and property owners around the county.

As a result, the county is advising property owners to disregard the property assessments they may have received in May. A new 2017 assessment will be mailed in August, the county added.

Furthermore, any appeals submitted are now null and void, and a new appeal period will begin with the date of new notices.

According to action taken by Fulton Board of Commissioners at its June 21 meeting, values will be applied to most residential properties for 2017. Exceptions are:

• New construction, new parcels and properties with changes in acreage, living area or renovation will maintain their 2017 values.
• Properties with any change in exemption, either as requested by the property owner before June 21 or removed by the Tax Assessors’ Office in error, will be corrected with the appropriate exemption for 2017.
• Properties that were subject to litigation that changed ownership, value of the land, or improvements within a tax parcel as a result of the appeal will maintain 2017 values.

Values of all commercial properties in Fulton County will remain at the assessed 2017 levels due to undergoing an extensive review process in 2015 and 2016.

On June 28, the Fulton County Board of Assessors voted to act upon the resolution approved by the Board of Commissioners. Staff from the Tax Assessors Office, County Manager’s Office, County Attorney’s Office and Information Technology Department and others are taking steps now to implement the correction process.

Within the next week, Fulton County property owners will receive a mailing instructing them to disregard the property assessments mailed in May. Any appeals submitted to date will be nullified. A new appeals window will begin starting with the date of the new notices, which are expected to be mailed to property owners in August.

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