New York State Association of County Directors of Real Property Tax Services

County Directors serve an important role in administering the real property tax in New York State by providing professional services to the county property owners as well as to local and county officials. The County Director also provides numerous services to other inter-county departments including but not limited to Finance, Planning, Health, Emergency Services, Public Works, Environmental, Agricultural, and the County Law Department. 

The services provided by a County Director may consist of, however are not limited to, the following:

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• Maintaining tax maps that may also serve as base maps for Geographic Information Systems  

• Providing advisory appraisals of moderately complex properties to the local assessor  

• Explaining the affects of proposed New York State Real Property Tax legislation  

• Providing education and information necessary in the decision making process prior to the enactment of various local option real property tax exemptions  

• Explaining the affects of Equalization Rates (and in some case developing county equalization rates)  

• Processing applications for corrected tax billings  

• Performing or providing assistance in the enforcement of unpaid taxes  

• Providing assistance to the general public regarding Real Property Tax Matters  

• Serving as the clearing house for the collection and distribution of information relating to the assessment of Real Property  

• Performing tax levy apportionment for various tax levying bodies  

• Calculating various tax rates  

• Developing procedures associated with the preparation and maintenance of assessment rolls  

• Training members of the local Boards of Assessment Review  

• Assisting the New York State Board of Real Property Services with the training of local assessors  

• Printing assessment rolls, tax rolls and tax bills  

In addition to the foregoing, county governments may delegate other related powers and duties to the Director of Real Property Tax Services based upon the individual needs of the county.