noun
definition
The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
definition
An appraisal or evaluation.
Examples of assessments in a Sentence
Assessments should be led by a specialist multidisciplinary team led by geriatricians.
To answer this question we must collect the wages assessments sanctioned by the magistrates.
The words, " rates, taxes, assessments " point to payments of a periodical or recurring character.
Boston paid in 1907 36% of all state taxes, and about 33, 62, 47 and 79% respectively of the assessments for the metropolitan sewer, parks, boulevards and water services.
Leases frequently contain a covenant by the lessee to bear and pay rates, taxes, assessments and other " impositions " or " charges," or " duties " or " outgoings," or " burdens " (except property tax) imposed upon the demised premises during the term.
The assessment rolls of the county assessor are subject to alteration by the board of county commissioners sitting as a county board of equalization and the assessments as between counties are subject to alteration by the state board of equalization.
But each parish elects its own council for parochial affairs, which has a legal status and deals with such matters as the ecclesiastical assessments.
Each parish is legally entitled to levy ecclesiastical assessments for defined purposes.
Commissioners (now the board of agriculture) are appointed to execute the acts; a rent charge on all lands liable to tithes at the time of the passing of the first act is substituted for those tithes, of which the gross amount is ascertained either by voluntary parochial agreement, or, failing that, by compulsory award confirmed by the commissioners; and the value of the tithes is fixed in the latter case by their average value in the particular parish during the seven years preceding Christmas 1835, without deduction for parochial or county and other rates, charges and assessments falling on tithes, the rent charge being liable to all the charges to which tithes were liable.
Boards of Revision and Boards of Supervision then equalize the assessments in the counties and townships, while a State Board of Equalization seeks to equalize the total valuation of the various counties.
Since 1858 a department of revenue survey has been organized, and the old assessments have been everywhere revised.
That assessments have ceased to be made upon prospective assets.
The Domesday survey therefore recorded the names of the new holders of lands and the assessments on which their tax was to be paid.
In the United States there are mainly assessments of the capital value of property, always for state and local purposes only, and not for the central government.
The state Board of Agriculture organizes educational farmers' institutes; and agriculture is taught, moreover, in the normal schools of the 1 The constitutional provision requiring assessments at cash valuations is not at all observed; according to the State Revenue Commission of 1902 the average tax valuation was 40 to 50% of the real value.
The entire system has been - as in other states where it prevails - extremely irregular and arbitrary as regards local assessments, and very imperfect; and the figures of total valuation (in 1880 $160,570,761, in 1890 $347,717,218, in 1906 $408,329,749, and in 1908, when it was supposed to be the actual valuation of all taxable property, $2,453,691,859), though significant of taxation methods, are not significant of the general condition or progress of the state.
The county board represents the county, is entrusted with the care of the county property and the management of the county business, appoints a supervisor of assessments and levies the taxes necessary to defray the county expenses.
Emergency assessments, not to exceed 2%, may be made whenever necessary to pay in full the depositors in an insolvent bank; if the guaranty fund is impaired to such a degree that it is not made up by the 2% emergency assessment, the state banking board issues certificates of indebtedness which draw 6% interest and which are paid out of the assessment.
Assessments are examined and revised both by a county board of equalization and a state board of equalization.
The goal was quality of service to achieve a 92% compliance in customer assessments of agency performance against service level agreements.
The many questions that arose from the initial study, together with the assessments required, illustrates the complexities inherent in identifying appropriate projects.
All IT qualifications are now taken on-line and are either adaptive exams, multi-choice or interactive assessments.
Assessments for small general aviation aerodromes and for large military installations have been undertaken.
The guidance sets out that Local Authorities should undertake robust assessments of the needs of local communities for open space.
All courses are staged with either in-course assessments or qualifications triggering the release of the next stage of the course.
Our Office Hazards package on our website offers good general advice on carrying out risk assessments.
Organizations in all sectors need to demonstrate compliance, which has become a key driver for the use of assessments within the workplace.
The extent and quality of available data and information will improve in future cycles making later assessments more comprehensive and robust.
The use of external consultants to carry out assessments is not recommended.
Risk assessments should include cross-reference to the local rules.
The status of NHER Site Assessor demonstrates that you are competent to undertake detailed energy assessments on existing dwellings.
The EIS believes that the new structure of assessments, however estimable the intentions, has become unnecessarily complex.
Indeed, risk assessments form the lynchpin of health and safety management.
Assessment centers are already offering domestic natural gas and LPG in permanent dwellings ' tailored ' and packaged initial assessments.
It is unlikely that the use of simulation in the assessments of patients will prove practicable in the foreseeable future.
One of QCA's main aims is to support teachers ' professionalism in making helpful and accurate assessments.
Reasons to consult a clinical psychologist The Coaching & Mentoring Network maintain relationships with a range of therapists offering specialist coaching assessments.
An experienced saddler is essential to undertake these regular assessments and changes to the saddle to allow the horse to move comfortably.
New research suggests that wine tasters base their assessments on color rather than taste.. .
These assessments include an exercise ECG treadmill or bicycle ergometer test and completion of quality of life questionnaires.
With recent technological advances, duplex ultrasound has been increasingly used in vascular assessments.
These are not generic risk assessments that you can just put your company name on and adopt wholesale without thought.
On account of the inequalities still existing in the cadastral survey, in spite of the law of 1886 (see Agriculture, above), great differences are found in the land tax assessments in various parts of Italy.
Teachers make regular assessments of the pupils ' progress, and use the information very well to regroup pupils.
We have California DUI statistics; bail amounts, the range of fines, restitution amounts, penalty assessments, jail time and more !
Therefore a need may arise to restructure the curriculum and adapt teaching methods to match the continuous and reflective nature of portfolio assessments.
To consolidate the saiga monitoring system developed in our previous projects, and to use it in assessments of conservation success.
New research suggests that wine tasters base their assessments on color rather than taste...
Tryout assessments never use PIP, cannot be restarted and are not counted for licensing purposes.
If you see your child struggling to keep up with pre-school peers, skill assessments are available to help parents determine if professional help is needed or if there are specific ways to encourage development in their child.