Fannin County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 1,060 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 980 in 2017.The portion of Fannin County accounts protested increased from 3.43% to 3.01% in 2016 to 2018. The 2018 property tax protest count was for 750 commercial/industrial / other properties and 313 for houses (7.5% commercial vs 3.13% houses).The volume of Fannin County protests for houses has rised 11.8% in the last two years while the volume of commercial has fallen 36.7%. The total value of Fannin County property protested in 2018 was $316,600,000, including $39,000,000 for houses and $277,600,000 for commercial / other. The total value of property appealed in Fannin County in the last two years rose by 21.1% versus 30.2% statewide. Fannin County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 25 ARB hearings while Fannin County Appraisal District coordinated 25 hearings. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $1 million for all types of property at both the informal hearings and the formal / ARB hearings (estimate based on no exemptions and 2.7% tax rate.)Informal protests were successful for 61.15% of Fannin County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 80% of ARB appeals.

Fannin County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

FanninCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	1,064
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	313
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	42
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	131
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	50
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	8
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	35
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	89
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	0
Number Other Property Tax Protests	396

FanninCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$316,624,110
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$39,026,240
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$14,187,450
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$61,489,630
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$22,661,800
$ Value Utilities Protested	$83,397,630
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$0
$ Value Other Protested	$95,861,360

FanninCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	127

FanninCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	1,704
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	550
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	1,042

FanninCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	6164465
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	$615

FanninCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	25
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	11
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	14
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	11

FanninCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$202,487
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$101,917
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$100,570

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

0