Texas Property Tax Tips
    Advice and suggestions to help property owners achieve fair & equal assessments and reduce property taxes.
Property Tax Protest Deadline is Wednesday, May 31st

The deadline to appeal your property taxes for 2006 is Wednesday, May 31st. The exception is if the appraisal district mailed your notice of assessed value after May 2. In this situation, you have 30 days after the day they mailed your notice to protest. They do not have to mail a notice of assessed value unless your value changes by more than $1,000.

Most appeals are successful and the average savings is about $450 for a home.

You can appeal market value or unequal appraisal (that you are over-assessed compared to similar nearby properties.)

If you appeal, the appraisal district will not automatically inspect your house (they do not have time) or retaliate because you appealed. Your value cannot increase at the informal hearing and is very unlikely to increase at the appraisal review board hearing.

Filing a protest is easy!
  1. Simply print the Notice of Protest form.
  2. Fill in your name, mailing address and property address. Check the boxes for "value is over market" and "value is unequal."
  3. Sign and date the form and mail it to the appraisal district. Click here for the addresses to about 80 appraisal districts.
FREE tips on how to file an appeal, prepare for your hearing and attend your hearing are available:
Questions?
E-mail O'Connor & Associates, or call 1-877-4-TAXCUT.

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Property Tax Tips

  • Protest every year, and use all steps in appeal process when necessary


  • Protest both market value and unequal appraisal


  • Obtain data to prepare for hearing


  • Be aggressive; demand results

About O'Connor & Associates

As Texas' largest property tax consulting firm, O'Connor & Associates has the expertise and the manpower to help you lower your property taxes. In 2005, O'Connor filed more than 42,000 protests, effectively reducing our client's assessed values by $1.1 billion, cutting their taxes by over $33 million. O'Connor charges no flat fee and no cost to the client unless property taxes are reduced. To hire O'Connor & Associates to reduce your property taxes, please visit www.cutmytaxes.com.