Joyce Merritt
- What is your Role for the County?
I am the Chief Appraiser at the Tax Assessor Office. The Tax Assessor's Office investigates and values real and personal property subject to taxation in Ben Hill County.
It is our duty and responsibility to keep up with technology, changing tax codes, methods, procedures, and local property values in order to produce an acceptable property tax digest. Counties are subject to financial penalties if the Georgia Department of Revenue finds the tax digest deficient.
The Ben Hill County Assessor's Office inspects properties throughout the county on an ongoing basis. In addition to routine inspections, all properties that have building permits issued will be inspected. Also, mobile homes will be checked for current decals. This is to be considered notice of intent to enter properties by the Ben Hill County Board of Assessors and Staff.
- How long have you worked for Ben Hill County?
- What is your favorite part of your job?
I love assisting taxpayers in understanding the methods used in our office when valuing their property for taxation and helping them to understand how their tax dollars are spent. I also enjoy signing the tax payers up for exemptions that gives them relief from paying their entire tax bill; which shows them being a property owner in Ben Hill County is appreciated.
My staff and I will continue to serve the taxpayers of Ben Hill County with professionalism, fairness, good will, and temperance.
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