What is the Calculation Ladder?
  • The Calculation Ladder is also known as the “Calc Ladder” or the “Adjustment Value Grid”  is a table that breaks down how different key attributes and their adjustments impact the value of a property. The calc ladder has 4 columns with the following headings: 
    • Property Characteristics: A description of the property attribute (i.e., Property Size, Acreage, Year built, Basement, Number of Bedrooms, etc.
    • Adjustment: The rate, or factor, that will be applied to the characteristic
    • Base Rate: A number, which is the starting value, in terms of the property characteristic’s units (per Sqft in this case), that will be multiplied by the adjustment factor
    • Value: Shows the value as calculated by multiplying the previous value by the adjustment for the property characteristic

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1. Does my Notice of Value include the Senior or Veteran’s deduction?
2. What is my “Schedule” or “Account” number?
3. How is property valued for taxation purposes?
4. How do I know if my property has been correctly valued?
5. I haven’t made changes to my property, but my value has gone up. Why?
6. Why is my value higher than my neighbor’s if our properties are the same?
7. My single family home shows the value split into a land value and an imp value. How is the value of the land determined?
8. Where can I find sales used from the data collection period?
9. A similar property in my neighborhood just sold for lower than the value of my property. Why isn’t that sale considered to adjust my value lower?
10. How can I view the adjustments to the sales used to value my property?
11. What is “time trending” and how does it affect my property’s value?
12. What is the Calculation Ladder?
13. Why doesn’t my Notice of Value have comparable sales listed?
14. Why did I receive a Notice of Valuation?
15. Is a Notice of Valuation a bill?
16. How are my property taxes calculated?
17. How does a value change affect my property taxes?