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Kentucky Property Tax Updates

UPDATED march 2025

Derby Time is Appeal Time

For most people in Kentucky, early May means it’s time for the Kentucky Derby – but for property owners, May means that it’s time to review real property tax assessments for possible appeal.

Kentucky property is assessed as of January 1st of each year.  A property owner wishing to challenge an assessment must follow the requirements for conferences and appeals.  The first step in challenging an assessment is to request a conference with the county property valuation administrator (PVA).  Kentucky law mandates that all conferences must be held during (or before) a two-week period beginning the first Monday in May.  A taxpayer who fails to request a PVA conference within the statutory timeframe is barred from any further assessment appeals for that tax year.

PVAs are required to send taxpayers written notice of any assessment increase; however, notice is not required when the assessment did not increase.  Taxpayers may appeal their assessment, regardless of whether there was an increase – but it is up to the taxpayer to determine the applicable deadlines and to make the requisite request for a conference.

While assessment notices may go out any time before the statutory appeal period, most counties do not finalize their assessments until mid to late April.

If you have a Kentucky property that you think is overassessed, now is the time to start thinking about an appeal.  The appeal window is easy to miss, and it is open for a very short time.

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Morgan Pottinger McGarvey
American Property Tax Counsel (APTC)

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