Annual Responsibilities
- Town authority for all property assessment and related issues.
- Maintain thorough knowledge of the State of New Hampshire Tax Law.
- Administer State Statutes governing taxation.
- Perform statistical analysis to monitor market trends and ratio studies.
- Review property tax assessments based upon market research and analysis.
- Conduct on-site inspections to evaluate property changes due to subdivisions and lot line mergers.
- Conduct on-site inspections due to building and demolition permits to determine value change.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating town tax maps.
- Process tax abatement applications.
- Process and maintain current use, conservation easements and conservation restrictions.
- Determine market value for land use change tax.
- Process and maintain discretionary preservation easements.
- Process applications for tax exemption/credit programs (blind, disabled, elderly, veteran, solar and wind).
- Process and update ownership information via deeds and probate documents.
- Maintain and update property tax assessment records due to planning and zoning decisions.
- Assist other departments and agencies on an as needed basis.
- Provide assessment related data to various entities, taxpayers, and the general public.
- Respond to taxpayer requests, and provide customer service in person, via email, or over the telephone.