About us: 

          The Assessor’s Office has the large responsibility of assessing every taxable and exempt property located in the City of Danbury and compiling these assessments into a list. Included in the list is real estate, business personal property, and registered motor vehicles.  This department answers to the State of Connecticut and to the city, and is committed to accurately serving and representing every resident within the city. Revaluations are conducted every 5 years. This information is available online at www.visionappraisal.com. The city completed a revaluation for the October 1, 2007 list.

There are several programs available to our seniors and veterans to help reduce their property tax.  The filing period for our senior programs is from February 1^st through May 15^th and the filing period for our veteran programs is from February 1^st through October 1^st each year.

          The Assessor’s main objective is to help the public to whatever exemptions and benefits they are entitled to and to assist taxpayers in understanding their assessment on their properties.  Many professionals need information from our office, such as map numbers, deed numbers and current assessments to conduct their business. These professionals would include appraisers, surveyors and title searchers. If taxpayers have any questions on their new assessments, please call or stop in our office.  The Assessor’s Office will also make house calls for any senior who cannot get to City Hall.   

Our accomplishments:

          The city has continued its tax freeze for seniors and disabled homeowners.  The program is intended to assist elderly and disabled residents with fixed incomes in today’s difficult economy by freezing property tax for the 2010-2011 tax-year based on the October 1, 2008 grand list for qualified homeowners.  

          Residents are encouraged to apply for the city’s varied tax credits if they are sixty-five years of age or older by December 31, 2010, or 100% disabled by the Social Security Administration, with a total income of $58,000 or less.  Applicants must have a primary residence in the City of Danbury.  The filing period is between February 1 and May 15 each year.