Assessment

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Beacon - Assessment Information Portal 

If you have an escrow account and if your assessment has increased (or you lost an exemption that you once had), you should contact your escrow company and have your escrow adjusted to reflect the new anticipated tax amount.

We highly encourage all current and prospective property owners to review the Real Property Tax Cycle(PDF, 83KB) in order to be aware of all the important legal dates in our yearly process

 

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The Tompkins County Department of Assessment does not:

  • determine the amount of taxes that an individual property will pay (a combination of assessment and tax levy does that),
  • advocate for any real property tax exemptions (DofA will administer any exemptions mandated by the NYSRPTL or allowed by local option),
  • have any assessment be influenced by any political entity (The DofA is totally independent - all employees of the DofA are civil servants and do not serve at the whim of any political body).
  • value property based upon names or ability to pay taxes (market value dictates how properties are valued).

Resources

NYSDTF - Tompkins County

Low Income Senior and Disability Exemption Scales(PDF, 245KB)

Department of Assessment Brochure(PDF, 701KB)

Veteran Exemption Scales(PDF, 255KB)

All Local Option Exemptions by Municipality(PDF, 339KB)

Contact Us

Phone

(607) 274-5517

Fax

(607) 274-5507

Email

assessment@tompkins-co.org

Location

128 E Buffalo St, Annex Building C
Ithaca, NY
14850
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Hours

Monday - Friday
8:00am - 4:30pm
We do not close for lunch.

Applications may be filed electronically via email

Important Info

IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT THE STAR PROGRAM

The 2025-2026 Enacted State Budget included several provisions to simplify the STAR program.

Homeowners will no longer be required to submit an application to the assessor if they had an ownership change or if they aged into the Enhanced STAR exemption. ORPTS will notify assessors of Basic STAR recipients who become eligible for Enhanced STAR (rather than requiring seniors to apply to their assessor).

If you are signing up for the STAR program for the first time, you must register for the STAR Credit or call (518)-457-2036

 

 

Staff

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Jay Franklin
Director of Assessment

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