Please be advised that the Benton County Assessor’s office is no longer offering electronic filing through Just Appraised. All listings will need to be submitted by mail, email or in person to our Kennewick location. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please reach out to our office at 509-735-2394 for any questions.
Information to Know:
Return paper listing by mail, email, or in person by April 30th. If you choose to mail the paper listing back to our office, please be sure to have it postmarked by April 30th to have it considered as timely filing.
If you choose to email the listing into our office, please do not also mail in the original listing. Our email is personalproperty@co.benton.wa.us
New accounts are discovered through field checks, telephone directories, city generated reports and a report provided by the Washington State Department of Revenue. Once the account has been established through our office, an assessment notice will be sent to the business noting purchase year, cost, and depreciated assessed value of all items on record. If you have a new business, or are planning to start one in Benton County, you are required to contact the personal property department at the Assessor's office so that the appropriate paperwork can be sent to you. To have a personal property listing mailed to you please email us at personalproperty@co.benton.wa.us.
Many types of personal property are exempt from taxation. These include household goods and personal effects not being used in operation of the business. If those items are being used in operation of the business, they are considered eligible for assessment and taxation. Other personal property that is exempt from taxation includes: custom software, livestock, inventories held solely for resale, motor vehicles/trailers licensed for road use, and intangible personal property. There are also personal property exemptions as allowed by the state.
Additional information is available in the publications Personal Property Tax, Personal Property Valuation Guidelines, and Industrial Valuation Guidelines that are prepared by the Washington Department of Revenue.
