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Property, income tax reductions may ease pain of flood damage
Tax relief will be available
to many people whose prop
erty has been harm ed by
flooding, landslides, w ind
storms, etc.
P roperty that has been
damaged or destroyed by the
recent floods will be eligible
for a partial cancellation of
1995-96 property taxes, ac
cording to Columbia County
Assessor Tom Linhares.
“Many people have su f
fe re d te rrib ly during the
floods. They shouldn’t have
to pay the fu ll am ount of
property taxes on their home
if it has been severely dam
aged or entirely destroyed,”
Unhares said.
Property taxes reduction is
based on the value of the
damage that has occurred.
The amount is prorated for
the num ber of m onths the
property remains damaged.
Due to extensive damage
in the Nehalem Valley, the as
sessor’s office will have rep
resentatives at Vernonia City
Hall on Wednesday, February
28 between 10.00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Applications will be
available and appraisers will
be on hand to do site visits
that same day.
O nce an a p p lica tio n for
proration of taxes has been
submitted, an appraiser from
the assessor's office will visit
the property to determine if it
has been de stroye d co m
pletely or only damaged. The
dollar amount of loss is then
calculated . If the property
ca n n o t be rep aired , the
amount ot taxes for that por
tion of the value is calculated,
then prorated for the number
of m onths left in the fiscal
year. In this case, property
owners would get up to four
m onths or one-third of the
taxes cancelled.
If the property can be re
paired, the assessor has to
wait until the repairs are com
pleted since the refund is for
only those months that the
property remains damaged.
Once the owner notifies the
assessor that the repairs are
complete, the amount of tax
es to be canceled can be cal
culated.
Linhares suggests th a t
property owners w ait until
they have an estimate of the
cost of repairs before they file
the application form and that
the estimate be attached to
the application. Property own
ers must file their application
with the county tax collector
by June 30, 1996.
Property owners who have
not suffered actual damage
but feel the market value of
their property has declined
because of the flood, may file
an appeal w ith the county
Board of Ratio Review be
tween July 1 and 15,1996.
An application may be ob
tained by calling the asses
sor's office (Columbia Co.,
397-2240; Clatsop Co., 325-
8522; Washington Co., 648-
8741) or by picking one up at
a county courthouse.
Residents of the Oregon
turn, but have already filed,
must file an amended return.
To obtain immediate pro
cessing for returns, the words
“Disaster Claim" should be
written (preferably in red ink)
on the top center of Form
1040. The return should be
m ailed to: IRS D isaster
Claim , PO Box 9941, Mail
Stop 6731, O gden, UT
84409.
For additional information
about casualty losses, obtain
IRS Publication 547, “Non
business Disasters, Casual
ties and Thefts,” and Publica
tion 584, “Nonbusiness Dis
aster, C asualty and Thefts
Loss Workbook".
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