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BOLTON’S GRAND LIST, REAPPRAISAL & GRIEVANCES

BOLTON’S GRAND LIST, REAPPRAISAL & GRIEVANCES

Bolton’s Assessors, Ted Nelson and Amber Renshaw, have completed the re-appraisal of all of Bolton’s properties, using the statistical update method, and lodged the 2023 – 2024 Grand List Abstract on June 7, 2023. The last reappraisal was completed in 2016, and COVID-19 interrupted the plans to complete the reappraisal in 2021. The 2023-2024 Grand List Abstract is available for inspection at the Town Office during regular business hours.

We did not mail this entire spreadsheet to all property owners as has been done in the past due to the costs and resources (12,070 sheets of paper, $500+ in postage, hours of staff time) required, and the fact that there is now available online access.  

2023 Change of Appraisal Spreadsheet

BOLTON’S 2022 EQUALIZATION STUDY RESULTS

Every year the State of Vermont Department of Taxes does an equalization study for each town in Vermont.  Bolton’s results for 2022 are:

Education Grand List:                                       $132,104,700
Equalized Education Grand List (EEGL):       $175,039,542
Common Level of Aprraisal (CLA):                   75.48%
Coefficient of Dispersion (COD):                       17.92%

Education Grand List:  Bolton’s total property value that is subject to the education property tax and serves as the numerator in the computation of the CLA.

Equalized Education Grand List (EEGL):  Represents the Tax Department’s estimate of total fair market value of the education grand list in Bolton and serves as the denominator in the computation of the CLA.

Common Level of Appraisal (CLA):  Determined by dividing the education grand list by the EEGL.  A number over 100% indicates that property in your town is generally listed for more than its fair market value.  A number less than 100% indicates that property is generally listed for less than its fair market value.  A CLA below 85% or over 115% necessitates a reappraisal.  The homestead and nonhomestead tax rates in your town will be adjusted by your town’s CLA.

Coefficient of Dispersion (COD):  A measure of how fairly distributed the property tax is within your town.  It is calculated as the average of the (absolute) difference of each sales ratio (list price divided by sales price) in the study from the median ratio.  That result is then divided by the median ratio to get the COD.  A high COD means that within your town many taxpayers are paying more than their fair share, and many are paying less than their fair share.  A COD over 20% necessitates a reappraisal.