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CERTIFICATION AND COMPILATIONS - PROPERTY TAXES
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Certify Delinquent Taxes - Personal Property - §5719.04
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Certify Delinquent Taxes - Public Utilities - §5727.59;
§319.43
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Certify Delinquent Taxes - Real Estate - §5721.13; §319.43
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Certify Delinquent Taxes -Manufactured Homes - §4503.06
(Inferred)
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Certify Sewer & Water Assessments - §6117.02
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Compile General Tax List and Schedule of Personal Property -
§319.29; §319.34
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Compile General Tax List and Schedule of Real Property -
§319.28
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Maintain List of Exempt Properties in County - Personal
Property - §5713.08
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Maintain List of Exempt Properties in County - Real Property
- §5713.07; §5713.08
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Maintain List of Forfeited and Delinquent Lands - §5723.04
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Maintain List of Oil, Gas & Mineral Properties in County -
§5713.05
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Prepare Delinquent Personal and Classified Property Tax List
/ Duplicate - §5719.04
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Certify & List Uncollected School Taxes to State -
§3317.0210; §3317.0211
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Maintain List of Real Estate & Public Utility Lots and Plats
Returned
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Uncollectible by
County Treasurer -
§319.48
The Auditor is
responsible for certifying numerous lists and records before any action
can be taken by other county and state boards, departments, and
agencies. Many of these certifications require extensive research into
the underlying data to make sure everything is correct and properly
classified. As an example, before the Treasurer can commence foreclosure
proceedings on delinquent property, the Auditor must certify what
property is delinquent and for what amount. Although this information is
prepared originally by the Treasurer as part of his duty to collect
taxes, the Auditor must still verify the information is indeed correct
and include it as part of the tax abstracts forwarded to the Tax
Commissioner. It is from the abstracts that the Tax Commissioner
determines the effective tax rates. These abstracts also are used to
determine the level of State assistance to local schools (the School
Foundation Program).
The lists that are maintained by the Auditor are also used to determine
the estimates of tax revenues for the several taxing authorities in the
County. These estimates provide up to fifty to sixty percent of the
local taxing authorities’ budgets for the year. |