Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (CPE) - Exam Latest Update.
Assessor - ANSWER Any person responsible for the valuation of real
property for ad
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Duties and Responsibilities of an Assessor - ANSWER Discovering, Listing,
Valuing
Clean & Green - Act 319 - ANSWER Has two values, Value in Use and Value
in Exchange
An Assessor is accountable to whom? - ANSWER Himself, taxpayers and
all taxing authorities
In order for an assessor to accomplish the task of discovering property, the
assessor needs what? - ANSWER An adequate mapping system ( GIS)
showing every parcel of land.
Last day to submit an appeal - ANSWER September 1
All appeals must be heard and decided by what date? - ANSWER October
31st
Last day to apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion - ANSWER
March 1st
Last day to apply for the Clean and Green program for the next tax year -
ANSWER June 1st
Date that public notice must be given that tax rolls are open for public inspection -
ANSWER July 1st
STEB must certify to all assessment Office their CLR's by which date? - ANSWER
July 1st
All notice of appeal decisions must be mailed - ANSWER November 15th
Assessors Certification Date - ANSWER November 15th
Levels of appeal process - ANSWER 1. County Board of Assessment
Appeals, 2. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, 3.Commonwealth Court of
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Pennsylvania, 4.Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Assessors are charged with the responsibility of administering what? - ANSWER
A uniform and equitable assessment system
March 17th 1987 - ANSWER The Assessors Certification Act required that
all persons responsible for the valuation of real property for ad valorem taxation
purposes be certified to do so by he State Tax Equalization Board.
Has three years from the start of employment to become certified
March 17, 1992 - ANSWER The responsibility to certify assessors shifted
from the State Tax Equalization Board to the State Board of Certified Real Estate
Appraisers.
State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers - ANSWER The state board
certification body
To be certified by the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, the assessor
must: - ANSWER 1. Possess a high school diploma, or its equivalent, or two
years of assessing experience
2. Shall be at least 18 years of age
3. Shall be a resident of this Commonwealth for at least six months
4. Successfully completed a minimum of 90 hours of the basic course of study of
the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAO) or the Assessors
Association of Pennsylvania (AAP)
5. This act does not apply to counties of the First Class (Philadelphia Counties)
How often must an assessor recertify? - ANSWER Every two years.
June 30 Odd number years (license runs out)
July 1 odd number of years (starts a new license year)
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