Assessor plans sessions on business tax

JEFFERSON COUNTY – County Assessor Jim Everson and his staff will conduct a series of Business Property Tax Forums across the county in early 2010.

“We want to get the word out to the business community about our new on-line business personal property tax reporting option and help business owners better understand business property taxes in general,” Everson said. “When businesses receive their business personal property tax declaration in January 2010, they will have the option of filing their declaration online for the first time. Each declaration will contain instructions for online filing. However, we wanted to make ourselves available to business owners to answer questions.”

The four Business Property Tax Forums will be Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Standley Lake Library in Arvada; Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Evergreen Library; Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Belmar Library in Lakewood and Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Columbine Library in South Jeffco. All the meetings will start at 7 p.m.

“We hope business owners and their tax-service providers will take this opportunity to find out more about their property taxes and how to deal effectively with the Assessor’s Office, in addition to learning about the new online personal property system,” Everson said.

The Jefferson County Assessor’s Office is responsible for valuing all property in Jefferson County for property tax purposes. The Jefferson County Assessor’s web site at http://assessor.jeffco.us offers information about the assessment process and property valuations.

The Assessor’s office is located in the Jefferson County Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 2500, Golden, CO 80419. Property owners may also call 303-271-8600 or e-mail the office at assessor@jeffco.us.