March 6, 2018
To: General Assessors
Certified Assessors
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) would like to remind assessors that the deadline to enter 2017 sales and assessment data in the
Provide Assessment Data (PAD) system for the
FINAL Assessment to Sales Ratio Report is this
Friday, March 9
Requirement
- Assessors are required to provide assessment data to us completely and promptly, under state law (sec. 73.03(5), Wis. Stats.)
- If you do not submit the required information by March 9, we will file a formal complaint against your certification with DOR's Education and Certification group
Sales summary status
- Attached is a status summary of sales as of March 5 that still need a response in PAD
- Make sure to check for late 2017 sales recorded in 2018
- If you still need to submit 2017 data, review the timeline and information listed below
Timeline for 2017 sales and PAD information
These dates apply when you use the PAD system to submit individual sales information
and when you send an electronic file to DOR.
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March 9, 2018 – final deadline for assessors to enter 2017 sales and assessment data in PAD
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March 9, 2018 – final date to notify DOR of any 2017 assessment data corrections to the preliminary report, due to entry error
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March 30, 2018 – DOR distributes final 2017 Assessment to Sales Ratio Report to assessors
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June 1, 2018 – PAD system is available for entering sales and assessment data for 2018 sales
Electronic files
- If you submit an electronic file, contact the Office of Technical and Assessment Services to test the file layout before the deadline
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Remember – you must review the DOR PAD file status email
- Email identifies the number of accepted sales and any sales with errors
- If errors exist, the document attached to the file status email identifies the sales and errors that need correcting
- If there are sales with errors, you must correct them and upload the corrected file
PAD information
- If you need to make changes to data entered in PAD, you can make them
during the same week you initially entered the data
- If you need to make changes
after this initial week or you need help using PAD, contact the
Equalization Bureau District Office in your area
- Instructions for using PAD are available on our
website
We appreciate your continued efforts to provide verified, accurate and timely information.