NATCHEZ, Miss. – Adams County officials are encouraging property owners to visit the tax assessor’s office this month to learn the newly assessed value of their homes, businesses and land. Property taxes due next year are determined by these annual assessments.
This comes after many Natchez-Adams County taxpayers expressed dismay in January when seeing large increases in their property value-based tax bills due this year.
Meeting Monday with Adams County supervisors, Tax Assessor Larry Hughes urged taxpayers to visit his office, question how much their property assessment is and make their case for any needed corrections or clarifications. July 31 is the deadline for this public inspection of tax rolls.
Any objections to assessed values will be considered by the county Board of Supervisors at an August hearing before the county tax roll is finalized. The actual amount of taxes each property owner is billed won’t be known until later this year after the board adopts the budget funding county government for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
The tax assessor is required to annually locate and assess all taxable property within the county. His office is responsible for setting fair, uniform and accurate values for each parcel of real estate and personal property, which includes machinery, office equipment, and other fixtures. The assessor annually presents the tax rolls to the Board of Supervisors for approval.
The property tax bills are the combined total owed to Natchez, Adams County, and the Natchez-Adams School District for running the local government operations.
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