Tech, digital data and your real estate tax bill

Learn if you have done something that might increase your taxes.

Commissioner of Accounts Dillon Moran shows off a property record folder that used to be the norm for tracking changes to a property.

The City of Saratoga Springs has added more than $112 million to its $3.8 billion real estate tax assessment roll over the past two and a half years, the accounts department has reported. The numbers were shared in a recent city council meeting, and in an interview with the Dispatch. The increases are being found as the department combs through two lists of land records, totaling 2,200 properties. About 1,100 properties have been checked, with the assessed value each property increasing, if needed.

This is part of a bigger project of data assessment that Commissioner of Accounts Dillon Moran outlined shortly after he first took office in January 2023. The object, he said, is to make sure everyone’s property is assessed at the right level and therefore everyone pays their fair share of taxes.

“The work we do increases revenue without increasing taxes on the citizens,” although some will see their tax bill corrected, he said.

Pools, roofs, garage add-ons? For more on what house additions are affected (and if you’ll owe back taxes), keep reading…