Personal Property Appraiser

Overview

GUILFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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Description

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Performs annual listing and assessing of all personal property in the county.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

An employee in this class processes and maintains the records and correspondence which represent the transactions in the personal property section of the tax office. Processes information in a timely manner and ensures applicable laws, policies, procedures and guidelines are used. Assists with assuring tax bills are correct and/or generating manual tax bills. Serves as an appraiser for the listing and assessing of personal property listings for Guilford County in accordance with Chapter 105 of the Machinery Act.

Work is performed under general supervision and is evaluated through observation for conformity to establish departmental appraisal standards.

Examples of Duties

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Discusses tax bills and educates public of applicable laws and guidelines that pertain to their specific bill as per NC General Statutes via face to face contact, phone and email.
• Researches tax information for taxpayers.
• Reviews and processes documentation to ensure proper valuation, situs and calculation of applicable taxes on various tax systems.
• Processes discoveries, manual bills, county changes, and processes exceptions in various personal property work queues on various tax systems as they relate to registered motor vehicles and personal property (such as watercraft, mobile homes, campers, trailers, unregistered vehicles, etc.).
• Process payments made with cash, check or credit card for property taxes, accounts receivable, business licenses and parking tickets. Daily balancing of batch with 100% accuracy, preparation of daily deposits and preparation of daily reports for the finance department.
• Reviews listing forms for changes January to June annually per NC General Statutes.
• Assists with answering questions regarding elderly/disabled, veterans and circuit breaker exemption requests. Assists with questions regarding participant qualification.
• Assist with data corrections when reports are run to correct situs and/or determine taxable county for the personal property.
• Review GIS Data viewer and canvass County for unlisted personal property.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Recruitment Standards

Knowledge,

Skills And Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of office policies and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of NC Machinery Act and the NC General Statutes that pertain to personal property listing and assessing attained by certifications through the NC Department of Revenue and the School of Government.
• Knowledge of office accounting practices and policies.
• Knowledge of School of Government annual tax calendar.
• Considerable skill in utilization of computer and software including specific knowledge of NCVTS (NC Vehicle Tax System), NCPTS (NC Property Tax System), STARS (NC State Registration System), Denali (Land Records System), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word and Alvin (NC Wildlife Watercraft System) software programs.
• Ability to obtain historical information upon request using computer data, archived records and historical data.
• Ability to accurately calculate and enter data including building sketches on appraisal system.
• Ability to communicate courteously and effectively about tax records and property taxes.
• Working knowledge of GIS land record systems.

Typical Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Personal Property Appraiser

High School Diploma or GED and one year of office support experience.

Special

Qualification:

Must be able to obtain level one certification in Personal Property from the NC Department of Revenue within two years of employment.

Personal Property Appraiser I

High School Diploma or GED and one year of experience in personal property assessment.

Special

Qualification:

Must be able to obtain level one certification in Personal Property from the NC Department of Revenue within two years of employment.

Personal Property Appraiser II

High School Diploma or GED and three years of experience in personal property assessment.

Special

Qualification:

Must have level one certification in Personal Property from the NC Department of Revenue within two years of employment.

A Personal Property Appraiser is able to progress to a Personal Property Appraiser I when the employee has met the minimum qualifications for the Personal Property I level. Personal Property Appraiser I is able to progress to a Personal Property Appraiser II when the employee has met the minimum qualifications for the Personal Property Appraiser II level. In addition, the employee must be at a performance level of “meets expectations” or above.

Supplemental Information

Physical Demands and Work…