Vaughters v. DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant filed a timely appeal from his 1989 property tax assessment, and the board of equalization upheld the valuation of his property made by the board of tax assessors. The appellant then filed a notice of appeal to superior court, using a form provided by the board of tax assessors. This form contained a space for disclosure of the reasons for the appeal and, in addition, listed two possible reasons which could simply be checked, to wit: “There is no uniformity of assessments in my neighborhood,” and “The assessed value is too HIGH.” However, neither of these…