Auditor Real Estate Responsibilities
What are the real estate responsibilities of the County Auditor?
While practices vary between counties, in general the County Auditor has the following statutory responsibilities:
- Apply Equalization Rates by property class and assessor jurisdiction to calculate equalized 100% Actual Values in odd-numbered years
- Apply annual Rollback Rates by property class to calculated Taxable Values
- Enter state-certified values for utilities and railroads for taxation
- Administer Tax Districts, TIF Tax Districts, and SSMID Districts such that taxpayers pay the correct amounts and governmental authorities receive the correct amounts
- Calculate and certify base value and increment value in TIF Tax Districts
- Certify Taxable Values to cities, schools, townships, and other governmental bodies for use in preparing annual budgets
- Review and certify the budget of cities, schools, townships and other governmental bodies for the compliance of tax rate limits
- Certify annual Consolidated Tax Levy Rates by Tax District
- Calculate and certify taxes to the county treasurer for collection
- Calculate and certify drainage assessments to the county treasurer for collection
- Maintain the official county plat books and transfer books, and enter ownership name changes for taxation and assessment
- Certify amounts Military Exception, Homestead Credit, Ag Land Credit, and Family Farm Credit to the state