Maybe a bit but it also helps avoid people looking for every little trap: Representative X stated the value of a house was $751k. It appears that Zillow/Trulia

Maybe a bit but it also helps avoid people looking for every little trap: Representative X stated the value of a house was $751k. It appears that Zillow/Trulia/our in house expert appraiser thinks it's $1.5M. Why the discrepancy? Is the appraiser in their pocket? Who is going to prosecute this obvious attempt at circumventing property taxes? More at 11... Looking at my rep and some others it looks like hard amounts are required for things that are easier to give perfect amounts on i.e. speaking check from X, reimbursement from Y. Though I agree the format is awful and the scanner looks like it needed a good cleaning. Pure speculation on that front though, these were filled out by a staff, scanned on a cheap office machine, emailed to someone else, manipulated/printed/rescanned and eventually put online. Though, I'm may be a bit biased towards the mundane after watching the disclosure episode of West Wing last night...