HOW TO PROTEST PROPERTY TAXES

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The two important numbers are the market value (which is an appraiser’s guess at a sale price) and the appraised value, which is what is multiplied by the various taxing governments to get your tax bill. Read the full Tax Code Section 23.01 here.

There’s a 10 percent cap on the annual increase of your house’s taxable appraised (not market) value, but only for those homeowners with a homestead exemption. Make sure you've filed (see my property taxes page for the links) it's free and as of 2022 you can file anytime after you've purchased the property. If you've inherited a property click here for additional tips. That’s why many this year will see a 9.9 percent increase. Appraisers want to go higher, but computer software knocks it down to the cap. Love the cap. Read more on caps here.
From the Press Release 2022 see chart of prices and our rolling live statistics here.
   

Keep scrolling to get our cheat sheet, see video walk thru and how to get comparables.

 
For more tips and/or request sold comparables (not listed already below) click below for our step by step

 Protest Cheat Sheet.

People ask me often for someone that can either prepare all of it or even do for them. For that reason, I found a website that has a simulator to instantly tell your chances of winning on a protest. The site and promo code on the cheat sheet.

There are four main parts to the property tax system. The appraisal district values property, administers exemptions, and maintains current ownership information on the appraisal records. The appraisal review board is a panel made up of people from the local community. They are independent from the appraisal district. They settle any disagreements between the appraisal district and the property owner about the valuation of the property. The governing bodies of the taxing units, such as the city councils, school boards, or county commissioners decide the annual budgets and set the tax rates. This determines the total amount of taxes to be paid. The tax office calculates the levy, mails the statements, collects the taxes and distributes the tax revenue to the taxing units.