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Audits of Assessor's Office:2011 Department of Revenue Review of Property Tax Administration in Klickitat County As your Assessor I pledged to improve the standards in the Klickitat County Assessor's Office. I have implemented a lot of changes since I took office. In 2011, I invited the Department of Revenue to review our procedures in our . . . Click for Details Washington State Auditor Accountability Audit 2011 The Washington State Auditor spend over a week in our office to determined whether the Assessor's complied with state laws and regulations and our own policies and procedures. Areas that were closely examined were exemptions, assessed value appeals, and personal property discovery. We are pleased that the Washington State Auditors did not have any findings in our office. Complete results for Assessor and other areas of the county can be found at Klickitat County Accountability Audit . Results of Personal Property Audits for Klickitat County Here are the results of the Department of Revenues annual audit for Personal Property Assessments in Klickitat County for 2009, 2010, and 2011. These are the results that were featured on the KATU news story recently. Please be assured that the current administration is working very hard to make sure that all future Personal Property Assessments are done as close to 100 percent of market value as possible. Results Results of 2009 Department of Revenue Review of Klickitat County's Current Use Program The Department of Revenue reviewed Klickitat County to evaluate how successfully they were performing the duties associated with the Current Use Progam. This report contains the results of the Department's review of the Current Use Program in Klickitat County. This review was conducted in 2009 and released in August 2010. The new administration is working on fulfilling all of the requirements and recommendations of this report. We are working with the Department of Revenue to raise the standards of the Klickitat County Assessor's Office. We want to be a transparent office and we want you to know specifically what issues we are working to resolve in our office. 2009 Review of the Current Use Program in Klickitat County Results of 2004 Department of Revenue Review of Klickitat County Assessor's Office Here are the results of the last official review of the Klickitat County Assessor's Office conducted in 2004 and given to the past administration on August 2, 2005. Please be assured that the new administration is working to resolve all of the issues that the Department of Revenue found. We are working with the Department of Revenue to raise the standards of the Klickitat County Assessor's Office. We want to be a transparent office and we want you to know specifically what issues we are working to resolve in our office. Results | CONTENT INDEXES Assessor Home Reorganization of Office How Assessments are Calculated Appealing your Assessment Special Flood Hazard Areas Public Records Requests Appraisal Inspections Helpful Publications and Forms Open Space Advisory Board Current Use/Designated Forest Dept of Revenue Publications Do-it-yourself Radius Search Levy Rates How Levy Rates are Calculated Help for Taxing Districts Parcel Information Online Personal Property Taxes Senior/Disabled Exemption FAQs Non Profit Exemptions Sales Reports Audits of Assessor's Office Press Releases Presentations Contact: Darlene R. Johnson, Assessor County Courthouse 205 S. Columbus Ave MS-CH 1 Rm. 200 Goldendale, WA 98620 Phone: 509 773-3715 509-493-6075 or 800 764-2235 Fax: 509 773-6397 Hours: 9 am to 5 pm M-F Email Contact: For Real Property information: realproperty@co.klickitat.wa.us For Personal Property information: personalproperty@co.klickitat.wa.us White Salmon Pioneer Center Second Floor Hours: 9 am to 5 pm M, Tu, Th Closed for Lunch and by Appointment |