“As your Assessor, one of my goals is to provide the citizens of Ascension Parish with a new user friendly
website. As this website evolves, it will place your assessments and all contributing information pertaining
to your assessments at your fingertips.
The main goal of the office is to ensure fair and equitable assessments throughout the parish. To help accomplish this goal,
we are using the latest mass appraisal and statistical software available to us in developing valuation models which are based upon
recent sales.
By using valuation models, we are able to eliminate any bias. Fairness in property taxation cannot be assured if assessments are not
based upon what your property is worth.
The Louisiana Tax Commission, the Assessor's governmental oversight agency, regularly conducts ratio studies to
check for fairness and equity in property taxation. This office must comply with the Louisiana Constitution, laws
enacted by the Louisiana Legislature and rules and regulations of the Louisiana Tax Commission.
Your Assessor's office plays a vital role in Parish Government. All revenue collected from Ascension Parish
taxpayers is used to fund your school system, law enforcement, parish government, fire protection, library
and numerous other vital services.
We hope this website will be beneficial to you and we welcome any questions or comments that you may have."
Sincerely,
M. J. "Mert" Smiley, Jr.
Ascension Parish Assessor