{"id":"life-sb-property-tax-notice","audience":"small-business","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"grounding","title":"Read a property assessment notice and its appeal deadline","free":false,"task":"Your home's property assessment notice arrived. Get exactly 4 numbered lines in plain text, under 80 words: 1. the new assessed value, using the corrected figure; 2. the increase from last year, with the subtraction shown; 3. the appeal deadline as a date, with the date math; 4. \"This isn't legal or tax advice.\" Use only the notice. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The assessment notice (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"GRANITE COUNTY ASSESSOR - NOTICE OF ASSESSED VALUE (fictional)\nOwner: Farah Okoye | Parcel: 14-220-071 | 31 Linden Road\nNotice date: November 3, 2026\n\nPrior year assessed value (2026): $280,000\nNew assessed value (2027): $326,000\n\nYour property taxes for 2027 will be calculated from the new assessed value and the tax rates set next spring.\n\nIf you disagree with the new value, you may file an appeal with the County Board of Review within 30 days of the notice date. Appeals can be filed online at granitecounty.example/appeal.\n\nCORRECTED NOTICE (mailed Nov 6): A data entry error affected your 2027 value. The correct new assessed value is $312,000. The appeal period still runs from the original November 3 notice date.\n\nMY NOTES\n- I run my bakery out of a separate shop, this is just my home.\n- Neighbor says everyone's taxes are going up 20%.\n- Think the kitchen remodel last year is why it went up.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the corrected notice","why":"The AI uses $326,000 from the first notice.","fix":"Add: \"Use the corrected value, $312,000.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"No date math","why":"The AI says \"within 30 days\" without a date.","fix":"Add: \"Line 3: November 3 + 30 days = [date].\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Guessing at taxes","why":"The AI predicts your tax bill or echoes the neighbor's 20%.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the notice. Line 4: This isn't legal or tax advice.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Leaving the format to the AI","why":"The AI adds a title, bold labels and sub-bullets, which turns a quick note into a page.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings, no intro.\"","checks":["plainText","numberedItems"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the correction","patterns":["correct","312","nov(ember)? 6"]},{"label":"Shows the increase","patterns":["subtract","minus","increase"]},{"label":"Asks for the date math","patterns":["\\+\\s*30","30 days","deadline"]},{"label":"Adds the disclaimer","patterns":["(legal|tax) advice","disclaimer"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Tell the AI which notice is current, to turn the appeal window into a date, and to stay inside the notice.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 gives the corrected new value of $312,000, not $326,000","Line 2 gives the increase as $32,000 ($312,000 - $280,000), and line 3 gives December 3, 2026 as the appeal deadline (November 3 + 30 days)","Line 4 is \"This isn't legal or tax advice.\" and the answer doesn't predict the tax bill or say why the value rose"]}