04/04/2022 Assessment Community Weekly
Final reminder: Review State-owned land lists by April 8
Preliminary lists of 2022 taxable state land and taxable state conservation easements are now available in the Online Assessment Community for impacted municipalities. By Friday, April 8, please review all posted documents and follow the instructions to complete the lists.
Please update your contact information to reach the taxable state-owned land unit:
- email orpts.statelandunit@tax.ny.gov
- phone 518-457-7724
- fax 518-435-8629
If you have questions, email orpts.statelandunit@tax.ny.gov
STAR reports 1, 2, and 3 now available for most munis
As you have in years past, use the reports to update your files before locking down your tentative rolls. If you need a refresher, you may want to start with How to Access and Download STAR Reports.
There are separate instructions for each report:
- Report 1: Enhanced STAR Eligibility (slight changes to the instructions this year)
- Report 2: Income Greater than $250,000 (no changes to the instructions since last year)
- Report 3: Voluntary Exemption Removal - initial (The instructions are updated to clarify that you don’t need to take any action on parcels from which you have previously removed the STAR exemption)
We’ve also updated the printable summary and assessor actions list:
- STAR Report Summary (one page - 8.5” x 11”)
- STAR Program Actions and Reports Schedule (8.5” by 14” paper recommended)
As was the case last year, if you need to provide changes to any of the reports to us, please follow the instructions on How to submit STAR report changes.
Update regarding manufactured homes, STAR, and RPSV4
Last week, we announced the availability of the RPSV4 manufactured home STAR utility. We also announced that there is a user guide to assist with running the utility.
Today, we published a video tutorial led by Khristina Ulmer of our Northern Region.
In addition, please bear in mind the following:
- After installing RPS2020_3022.exe, and db_791.exe, you will need to run the utility. Simply installing the executables will not remove the STAR exemption from manufactured homes.
- In addition to the utility, there is an optional report. Running the report only will not remove the STAR exemption from manufactured homes. The report lists parcels that appear to be manufactured homes that are separately assessed. No action is necessary for these parcels.
- If you have notes in your exemption folder for a park, the notes and the folder will be removed when the utility removes the STAR exemptions. To preserve your notes, either copy them to the description folder prior to running the utility, or view the notes in the prior year. (Thanks to Queensbury Assessor Teri Ross for this suggestion. We’ve also added the suggestion to the user guide.)
For questions about the utility or report, contact your ORPTS customer service team.
Updated reassessment map and list
We’ve updated the following information on our reassessment landing page: