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12/23/2024 Assessment Community Weekly

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Reminder: Aid for Cyclical Reassessments

For municipalities planning to participate in the Aid for Cyclical Reassessment program, initial, amended, and new plans must be submitted no later than 120 days prior to tentative assessment roll date. For municipalities on a standard assessment calendar, December 31, 2024 is the deadline for 2025 plans.

If you have questions regarding the aid program or changes to an existing plan, contact your ORPTS customer service team.

Reminder: RPS Online mini surveys available

If you have not already completed the RPS Online mini surveys we announced last week, please take a few minutes to do so. Your feedback is invaluable to the ongoing development of RPS Online.

Please complete the surveys by January 10.

Surveys:

If you have questions or input about RPS Online, please send them to RPSOnline@tax.ny.gov. We will take your feedback into consideration as we continue to develop the system, and we will use your questions to build a frequently asked questions webpage for the assessment community.

When to submit Form RP-5100 for access to the Online Assessment Community

With the new year comes new local appointments and employees who will need access to the Online Assessment Community. For details, see our welcome page for new assessors and county directors.

To request an account or to add a municipality to your existing account, you must submit Form RP-5100, Request for Secure Access. For details, see I need to request an account.

To ensure timely processing of your request, please bear in mind the following:

  • Make sure your form is complete and legible. Form RP-5100 is a PDF fill-in form. You can complete it electronically, save it, and email it to ORPTS.Secure.Access@tax.ny.gov.
  • Assessors and county directors. A copy of your official appointment notice must be on file with ORPTS before the request for access can be processed. See mail, email, and fax instructions. 
  • The request must be signed by the applicant. Local authorization from the assessor or county director is required for all staff.
  • To upgrade the current access of staff in an assessor or county director office, the assessor or county director must email a request to ORPTS.Secure.Access@tax.ny.gov.
  • To access STAR reports, county staff must submit written permission from the assessor of each municipality they are seeking access to. 

We process all requests in the order they are received. In general, you should expect that we will grant access within five to seven business days. The applicant will receive an email with instructions when the request has been processed.

2024 final assessment rolls now available from Open NY 

We’ve uploaded 2024 assessment rolls to Open NY, New York State’s open data website. Here are some links you may wish to bookmark.

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