Assessment Community Weekly 12/18/18

Happy Holiday Season!

IVP tool reminder

If you enter Enhanced STAR IVP data into the online IVP tool, please remember to enter M or C into the MH or Coop? field for mobile homes and co-ops that are not separately assessed. Failure to complete that field when appropriate could result in incorrect or delayed income eligibility determinations. 

Court decision regarding fiber optic cable

New York State’s top court, the Court of Appeals, issued an opinion last week holding that fiber optic cable is taxable real property. We’re reviewing the opinion and its implications for real property tax administration. Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming weeks. See the December 2018 opinion on the Matter of T-Mobile Northeast, LLC v. Anthony V. DeBellis on Judicial cases.