Start Date
5-4-2018 4:00 PM
End Date
5-4-2018 5:00 PM
Description
The traditional role of the property tax assessor has been to gather large amounts of data for use in the valuation of properties for property tax purposes. In addition to the collection of the data, it needs to be stored, retrieved, analysed and continually updated. Given the increasing importance of "big data", there is a wider role that the property tax assessor can play in making property attribute and transaction data available in a way that adds real value to society. The assessor has a great many options these days to utilise modern technology to present property attribute and transaction data in a variety of ways that meet the needs of others. If the data held by the assessor can be made available in a way that enables it to be analysed by others with different interests, it will reinforce the importance of the assessor. Making the assessor’s data available to others, for example, the emergency services, can not only improve knowledge and awareness, but also save lives. We are living in such an exciting time with so much rapid technological development it requires us to review the way in which the property tax assessor can contribute to the increasing data needs of modern society.
Publication Date
April 2018
Recommended Citation
Sanderson, Paul, "The assessor as data collector" (2018). International Research Symposium. 15.
https://researchexchange.iaao.org/irs/irs18/sessions/15
The assessor as data collector
The traditional role of the property tax assessor has been to gather large amounts of data for use in the valuation of properties for property tax purposes. In addition to the collection of the data, it needs to be stored, retrieved, analysed and continually updated. Given the increasing importance of "big data", there is a wider role that the property tax assessor can play in making property attribute and transaction data available in a way that adds real value to society. The assessor has a great many options these days to utilise modern technology to present property attribute and transaction data in a variety of ways that meet the needs of others. If the data held by the assessor can be made available in a way that enables it to be analysed by others with different interests, it will reinforce the importance of the assessor. Making the assessor’s data available to others, for example, the emergency services, can not only improve knowledge and awareness, but also save lives. We are living in such an exciting time with so much rapid technological development it requires us to review the way in which the property tax assessor can contribute to the increasing data needs of modern society.