The Idaho State Tax Commission said it lacks authority to investigate a complaint about Kootenai County’s failure to provide “accurate and timely” property value information.
A complaint to the Idaho State Tax Commission about Kootenai County’s failure to provide “accurate and timely” property value information has shed light on work processes in the assessor’s office that led to a $53 million valuation error and delayed the distribution of tax notices.
Kootenai County Assessor Béla Kovacs has withdrawn public record requests submitted to the treasurer’s office that were expected to generate many tens of thousands of documents and cost more than $20,000 in employee labor to fulfill.
Kootenai County Assessor Béla Kovacs has asked the Idaho State Tax Commission to audit the work processes of five county departments, including his own, according to emails obtained by The Press.
Kootenai County commissioners have authorized the cancelation of penalties and interest on tax bills that are paid late due to a typo which resulted in a multimillion dollar property value assessment error.