Coquina Oil Corp. v. Larimer County Board of Equalization

STERNBERG, Judge.

This appeal of a property tax assessment ruling presents the following question: If an assessor increases the valuation of a taxpayer’s property based on data provided by the taxpayer and no challenge is made to the increased valuation under the over-assessment statute and the tax is paid, may the taxpayer invoke the refund statute upon discovery that the data it submitted was erroneous? We hold that the refund statute is inapplicable and therefore reverse the judgment of the trial court which reached a contrary conclusion.

Coquina Oil Corporation owns oil wells and gas leases…