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3 <br />February 19, 2013 <br />Orange County Tax Administrator <br />Attn: T. Dwane Brinson <br />Gateway Center, 228 S Churton St, 2nd Floor <br />PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />919 - 245 -2725, option 2 <br />Dear Mr. Brinson, <br />I am writing to request reimbursement for prior years overpaid property taxes. We live at 2602 Hooper <br />Ct in Hillsborough and recently had our house appraised. The appraiser told us that the county had our <br />square footage listed at 3416 sf when the appraisal only came up with 2643 sf. At that time I called your <br />office and it was reassessed by Steve Hennsely who came up with 2736 sf, which is a 680 sf difference <br />from the 3416 sf that your team was previously billing us for. For 2012 alone, this represents an <br />estimated $500 in overpaid taxes. We've been in this house since 1998 and would expect to receive <br />reimbursement for each year, going back to 1998, which adds up to a significant overpayment ('"$7,000 <br />based on the 2012 results alone). <br />I looked back at our 2012 tax bill (bill # 0000226016- 2012 - 2012 -0000) and square footage is not <br />indicated on the property tax bills. Your team may want to enhance your bills to include square footage <br />so that a homeowner could catch this type of error going forward. <br />Please advise how long it will take to receive this reimbursement as well as a full accounting of how you <br />derived at the reimbursement amount including all prior year calculations and payments made. <br />Thanks for your assistance with this matter. <br />Sincerely, <br />Frieda Rosemond <br />