Iowa City Assessor
To access Board of Review Petitions online please click here. We will be accepting petitions from April 2, 2025 to April 30, 2025. If mailed, they must be postmarked by April 30, 2025.
The 2025 assessed values will be used for the taxes payable September 2026 and March 2027.
The 2024 assessed values will be used for the taxes payable September 2025 and March 2026.
NEW HOMEOWNERS--Be sure to apply for Homestead Credits / 65+ Exemption and Military Tax Exemption by July 1. Applications can be completed at our office or obtained online by clicking on "Additional Information & Links" above and then the Iowa City Assessor Page.
To apply online do a parcel search, select your parcel/property and select the credit you wish to apply for. You will find the link(s) near the top left of that page.
Homestead Exemptions for those who are 65 years of age or older and signed by July 1, 2024 will be applied to the 2024 assessment. The 2024 assessment will have taxes due in September 2025 and March 2026. The upcoming September tax bill is based on the 2023 assessment and includes credits/exemptions that were signed by July 1, 2023.
For Commercial, Industrial and Railroad Property - beginning for the 2022 assessment year property taxes, the Business Property Tax Credit has been repealed and replaced with a Two-Tier Assessment Limitation. The first $150,000 of assessed value will now receive an assessment limitation that is equal to Residential Property (46.3428%). The remainder of assessed value will continue to receive an assessment limitation of 90%. More information is available at https://tax.iowa.gov/hf2552-bptc
