Everything you need to know about property tax grievances in Nassau County and how Azezment can help you save money.
A property tax grievance is your legal right to challenge an unfairly high property assessment in Nassau County. It's a formal appeal to contest your property's assessed value, which directly impacts your property tax bill.
Important: Your assessment can never be increased as a result of filing a grievance. It can only be reduced or stay the same.
Most people connected to a Nassau County property can file a grievance. Additional documents are needed in certain cases. Check with ARC to be sure or read the AROW site and documentation thoroughly. Azezment only supports one, two, or three-family residential homes:
If you own a different type of property, contact Nassau County ARC directly to verify eligibility.
The annual filing period is January 2nd through March 2nd. The deadline is often extended.
This deadline is critical - missing it means waiting another year to challenge your assessment and possibly paying thousands more.
Azezment is a Free tier DIY tool that provides personalized information for supported Nassau County property owners who want information to prepare a successful grievance. You are in control at all steps of the grievance. You must still file the application directly with AROW, which is the official Nassau County, NY Website to file for free. Here's how it works:
Best of all: Azezment is completely FREE to use! You never need to pay anyone
Azezment offers multiple algorithm choices for selecting comparable properties, we believe in giving you choices:
Takes the first 5 properties from AROW's list sales locator. This is a good start.
Comp #1 always selected + 2 comps from first 5 (AI) + 2 comps from first 9 (AI). Recommended if you get a reasonably higher reduction compared to First 5 and you feel the picks are a good match to your property. Comps for first page are typically good quality comps.
When 1 and 2 above don't perform well for you, let AI selection from pick 5 comps from first 19 recent sales provided per the Sales Locator. Still reasonably good quality, if Pick 5 and Hybrid 5 do not yield a good grievance.
First 5 that have lower sales compared to your FMV (Fair Market Value). Your FMV is calculated as your current recorded tentative assessment X LOA factor for current year. The LOA (Level Of Assessment) changes from year to year to account for real estate price fluctuations and we use an estimated value. ARC publishes the LOA value in April 1st. The factor is derived from the LOA.
Using up to the first 39 comps from AROW Sales Locator, AI will select the best 5 comps to help your computational aspects of your grievance. While this may give you a better reduction compared to methods above, it may not be as high quality. However, you're still highly encouraged to use this method rathan than not filing at all!
If you know the 5 Parcel ID's you want to use, This option is for you. You will get a PDF report with all the math computations done for you. You may want to attach it to support and document your claim.
Tip: You can run multiple strategies and choose which approach works best for your property!
To build a strong case, you'll need:
Azezment selects the comps automatically and provides a informational PDF reports via email using real time data from the AROW website.
The timeline varies :
Tip: You can file a grievance every year to ensure you're never over-assessed.
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Need help? Contact us at azezeasy@gmail.com
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