Download the 2012 brochure: Public Utility Basic Appraisal Course©

At least 35 states assess the properties of public utilities, energy and transportation companies using central assessment/appraisal procedures. The ad valorem tax and assessment on these companies provides a hefty share of the local property tax revenues annually. This intensive, week-long course will give you the essential information and working knowledge that is critical for appraisal professionals.

This program allows you the opportunity to learn advanced concepts early in your career, enabling you to avoid costly mistakes made in the learning process. Led by accredited professionals who have refined and tested their appraisal methodologies over years of successful central assessment and litigation, this class will jump-start your ability to understand the complex appraisal principles and procedures used in central assessment. You’ll come away understanding the proper application of generally accepted appraisal concepts and fully prepared to eliminate misapplications and costly errors.

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You’ll receive in-depth course materials and will complete a variety of course work specifically designed to maximize your learning experience. In addition, you’ll participate in illustrative case studies that give you the opportunity to see the application of the principles you’ll learn.

There is no other course, school, or workshop available providing the opportunity to obtain this valuable, in-depth appraisal information applicable to centralized appraisal and assessment.  You’ll gain thorough, step by step application of the tools and techniques that require years and years of experience to develop on your own. In addition, you’ll be able to establish valuable industry contacts and work in class with other professionals facing the same challenges in their appraisal/assessment responsibilities as yourself.

INSTRUCTORS:

Mr. Tom Tegarden
Tom Tegarden is the President of Tegarden & Associates, Inc., and a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University (accounting) and holds the MAI and CAE professional appraisal designations.  He is a Certified General Appraiser in the States of Tennessee, Michigan and Minnesota.  Mr. Tegarden is a senior instructor for the International Association of Assessing Officers and he is one of the authors of the current IAAO basic courses, as well as a contributor to their current textbooks.  He is the author and primary instructor of the copyrighted course material for this 5 day intensive course in the appraisal of public utility and railroad property.  He is also in charge of the Principles Section of the Annual Appraisal for Ad Valorem Taxation of Communication, Energy and Transportation Properties workshop at Wichita State University.  Mr. Tegarden formerly was the Assistant Director of Assessments for the Tennessee Public Service Commission (15 years).  In 1983, he started his own appraisal firm, Tegarden & Associates, Inc.  The firm serves numerous state, county and city government clients from Florida in the Southeast to Canada and the North Slope of Alaska in the Northwest and several public utility companies as well.  The firm does not restrict its services to taxing authorities or taxpayers, rather, appraisal and consulting services are provided to all clients.  He has been published in the Appraisal Journal, Public Utilities Fortnightly, Assessment Digest, Journal of Property Tax Management, Property Tax Journal and Journal of Property Tax Assessment & Administration.

Ms. Diane Ange
Diane Ange, SRA, CAE, is an appraiser/consultant with Tegarden & Associates, Inc., an appraisal/consultant company specializing in the appraisal of public utilities and railroads, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to her current work, she worked for the Hendry County Florida Property appraiser's office, where she was responsible for the appraisal and tax roll preparation of all classes of property including public utilities. Ms. Ange is a senior instructor for the International Association of Assessing Officers.  She has given many seminars and class room instruction for IAAO, both at the national, state and local levels. She was also a part of a four-member team that wrote the latest two IAAO course offerings covering cost, income and sales comparison approaches to value as well as writing the new Depreciation Analysis Workshop for IAAO. Ms. Ange has served on many committees of the various appraisal organizations of which she is a member and was elected to the Executive Board of IAAO. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University. Her appraisal education is through courses from the Appraisal Institute, IAAO, Lincoln Land Institute, Society of Real Estate Appraisers and the Public Utilities Workshop in Wichita, KS.

Enroll today as space is limited. We look forward to seeing you this fall!