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Petitioner Was Entitled to a Reduction in the Assessed Value of a Home Depot Store Based Upon Its Expert’s Appraisal

The Third Department determined the trial court had properly found petitioner’s expert-appraisal of the value of a Home Depot store to be the most appropriate. Petitioner was therefore entitled to a reduction in the assessed value of the property. The Third Department carefully explained the valuation methods used by the competing experts (that discussion is not summarized here). As to the courts’ role in property-tax assessment proceedings, the Third Department explained:

A local tax assessment is presumptively valid and, to overcome that presumption, a petitioner must present substantial evidence that the property is overvalued … . Petitioner met this threshold burden here through its submission of the detailed appraisal of Harland, a certified real estate appraiser with considerable experience, who utilized accepted methodologies and adequately set forth his calculations and the necessary details regarding the properties … . The appropriateness of the comparable properties used by Harland in his analysis goes to the weight to be given to his appraisal, not, as respondents contend, the appraisal’s competency to raise a valid dispute regarding valuation … .

With petitioner having rebutted the presumptive validity of the assessments, Supreme Court was obligated to “weigh the entire record, including evidence of claimed deficiencies in the assessment, to determine whether petitioner has established by a preponderance of the evidence that its property has been overvalued” … . “Where, as here, conflicting expert evidence is presented, we defer to the trial court’s resolution of credibility issues, and consider whether the court’s determination of the fair market value of the subject property is supported by or against the weight of the evidence” … . Matter of Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v Assessor of the Town of Queensbury, 2015 NY Slip Op 05556, 3rd Dept 6-25-15

 

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