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State Board of Equalization (California) The State Board of Equalization (BOE) is a public agency charged with tax administration and fee collection in the state of California in the United States.
The ratio created by the difference between those two values is known as the ''equalization rate.'' So, for example, if the market value of a house is $400,000, and the assessed value is $300,000, the equalization rate is 75 percent. And since the equalization rate is the same for all homes in a town, local property taxes are equitably distributed. However, since equalization rates and assessment practices vary from town to town, assessed values are not a reliable indicator of ...