Property Tax Appeal · Ada County, ID
Appeal your property taxes
in Ada County, ID.
Home to Boise, Ada County homeowners appeal through Idaho’s system: the county assessor sets the value, and the county Board of Equalization (the county commissioners) hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
Appeals to the county Board of Equalization are due by the fourth Monday in June, statewide — assessment notices arrive in late May or early June. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Ada County’s procedure.
Idaho’s homeowner’s exemption shields a large share of an owner-occupied home’s value up to a statutory cap, so check the exemption line on your notice before concluding the market value is the problem.
Ada County questions
Appeals to the county Board of Equalization are due by the fourth Monday in June, statewide — assessment notices arrive in late May or early June. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Ada County.
Idaho county assessors reappraise property annually at market value as of January 1 and mail assessment notices in late spring. To contest, you file with the county Board of Equalization — the county commissioners sitting in that capacity — by the fourth Monday in June, and the board hears cases into early July. If the BOE doesn’t give you what the evidence supports, the next stop is the Idaho Board of Tax Appeals or district court. The homeowner carries the burden of proof, and boards give the most weight to adjusted comparable sales bracketing January 1 — precisely what a licensed appraisal documents.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. county Board of Equalization (the county commissioners) panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.