Assessor’s Report Card

Maybe it’s just me…..?

Nope.

https://stc.mo.gov/assessor/appeals-pending-11-7-16/

The Missouri State Tax Commission is where your appeal ends up after you’ve exhausted all of your options with the local Assessor’s office and the Board of Equalization, without satisfaction.

If you visit the link above and click the download button, you can see a list of all of the appeals that are still pending before the State Tax Commission. 

As of this update for 3/5, there were 11,093 separate appeals still pending.

Of those 11,093 pending appeals, 10,266 are from St. Louis County. 

The difference of 827 constitutes the total number appeals pending FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI IN ITS ENTIRETY, including St. Louis City.

It’s important to note, this does not include the many multitudes of appeals that were resolved at earlier stages of the appeal process.  These are just the ones that weren’t.

AND, these are all pending from prior reassessment years.  The County Assessor’s office hasn’t even started taking appeals for the 2019 reassessment.

Just imagine for a moment the amount of tax-payer money that’s being spent on resolving appeals. 

And then imagine how many of those appeals could be avoided if the County Assessor’s office was simply complying with Missouri Statutes.  

And then finally, imagine how many more could be avoided if the County Assessor’s office was applying actual “generally accepted appraisal techniques,” instead of whatever you would call what they are doing.