KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jackson County assessments are showing up in homeowner's mailboxes.

Some people may be surprised at the increase after a May order from the State Tax Commission.

That order capped increases in each assessment period at 15% and set 2022 as a starting point for this year's assessments after 2023 assessments were heavily contested. But determining your maximum 2025 assessment is a little bit more complicated than a single multiplication or division.

Legislator Sean Smith and Preston Smith (no relation) have been helping homeowners with appeals since assessments skyrocketed in 2023. This week as they went out again they've been getting questions about what the latest State Tax Commission Order and 15% cap really means.

"People look at it and the first thing they see is,

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