A county assessor error costs schools thousands. Jenks shorted about $100,000 due to mistake. [View all]

Miscues by the Tulsa County Assessor’s Office have resulted in the failure to collect tens of thousands of dollars in property taxes, a review by the Tulsa World has found.

The World found county officials for years missed the sale of one south Tulsa shopping center at a price that was more than twice its previous tax roll valuation. The review also found nearly a dozen properties, including the same south Tulsa shopping center, should have been assessed a city sinking fund levy, but weren’t.

One school official estimated the loss in tax dollars to his district alone at $100,000.

An official with the Tulsa County Assessor’s Office was at a loss to explain the missed reappraisal and sinking fund levies. However, he promised a comprehensive review would be undertaken.

“We’ve got over 80 employees and 267,000 accounts and millions of data points and there is human error and it happens once in a while, but not very often around here,” said Patrick Milton, chief of staff for Tulsa County Assessor Ken Yazel. “When somebody brings it to our attention, we are very grateful.”

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