Brewer and Lee read questions on exemption checklist and false positive rate
The chairs question why the eligibility process doesn't begin by verifying market value thresholds, how residents can confirm they don't need to file, and ask about the estimated false positive rate and quality assurance procedures before publication.
Number three, on DOF's website, there is a checklist to determine if the taxpayers need to file an exemption for this tax.
But the checklist directs taxpayers to the exemption filing process without first verifying whether their property meets the market value thresholds.
A, why does the eligibility process not begin by clearly determining whether the property meets the applicable market value threshold before directing an order?
owner to the exemption filing process?
B, considering the published list includes over 900,000 properties, including homes valued by finance as lower than 5 million and co-op condo units lower than 1 million, how can residents who are
on the finances published list concern that they are not required to file an exemption?
Okay, next question, number four.
The department has acknowledged that the published list is not a list of property subject to the tax.
Approximately how many and what percentage of the properties on the published list do you expect will ultimately not be subject to the tax?
Did the department estimate the false positive rate before publishing the list?
And if so, what was the estimated rate?
What quality assurance procedures were performed before publication, and looking back, would the department have published the same list again?