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Amhest NH real estate values
The Amherst NH Assessing Office is responsible for calculating the
Assessed Value of each property in Amherst and ensuring that each is assessed
equitibly in relation to market value. Property taxes are then calculated,
based on the assessed value of each property. Amherst utilizes software
provided by Vision Appraisal
Technolog. The assessed values of Amherst properties can
be found in the Vision
Appraisal Online Database.
Municipal Resources, Inc. is the Town's contracted Assessors and
are usually in the Town Hall three to four days during the work week.
Please feel free to call and speak with them with questions you may have
regarding your assessment. Some of the duties of the Town's contracted
Assessors are to follow up on building permits, quarterly reviews and data
checks on properties. If you have any questions regarding their
credentials, please contact us here at the Town Hall and we will verify who
they are and if they are in your neighborhood on that particular day.
Applications for all exemptions, tax deferrals (formerly the elderly
& disabled tax lien), and tax credits must be made no later than April
15th, preceeding the setting of the tax rate ( RSA 72:33
). The taxpayer must be qualified for the exemption, deferral, or credit as of
April 1st of the tax year claimed. The financial qualifications will be judged
as of the time the application is filed. The Assessing Officials are to provide
a written decision.
Applications
for abatements must be made by March 1st following the notice of the
tax. The Assessing Officials are to grant or deny the abatement by July 1st.
The taxpayer may appeal the denial of an abatement to the Board of Tax & Land
Appeals or to Superior Court, but not both, by September 1st. These dates are
adjusted if the tax bills are mailed after December 31st.
Important Dates
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March 1
March 31
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Last
day to file for abatements for the upcoming tax year.
Last
day for owners to notify assessing officials that Intent to Cut will be
extended for the previous tax year.
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April 15
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Last
day to file application for property tax exemption, credit, or deferral for
the upcoming tax year.
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April 15
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Last
day for religious, educational, and charitable organizations to file annual
list of all exempt property with assessing officials. Refusal to file may be
grounds for denial.
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April 15
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Last
day to file application for "Current Use" for the upcoming tax
year.
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April 15
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Last
day to file "Report of Cut" for the previous tax year
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Amherst NH Assessing Office
Town Hall
Amherst, NH 03031
603 673-6041 X202
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