Assessor extends deadline for personal property lists

Cass County Assessor, Bob Huston, reminds property owners, including businesses, that they must report all personal property owned or held on January first to the Assessor’s Office by March 1, 2009. Those not returning a completed list to the assessor by the deadline may be subject to a penalty. The Assessor will waive the penalty if the personal property list is received in the office by April 15, 2009.
Penalties range from $10 to $100 depending upon the value of the property. The statutes provide the assessor with almost no discretion to waive the penalties.
In January, the assessor mailed every property owner reflected on the assessor’s records a form upon which the taxable personal property must be reported. If anyone failed to receive a form or lost the form, a second mailing of the form will be mailed out in the next week or a new one can be obtained by contacting the assessor’s office at (816) 380-8400, 201 W. Wall Suite B, Harrisonville, MO 64701.
“It is a busy time of year and it’s easy to forget to turn in the personal property list,” Mr. Huston said, “so we make every effort to remind people to return the forms by March first, and I feel the April 15th extension will help Cass County Taxpayers.”