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HaysCAD 2017 Property Tax Protests

Hays County Appraisal District Property Tax Protests:- Hays County property owners filed 14,600 protests in 2017. This is a 23.20% increase over 2016 and a 36.96% increase over 2015. The portion of Hays County accounts protested increased from 12.34% to 15.82% in 2015 to 2017.  Owners filed protests for: 1) houses (7,900) and 2) commercial / other (6,710).  Hays County protests for houses are rising more quickly than appeals for commercial / other. Single family owners filed appeals for $2,34 billion of houses and commercial owners filed appeals for $1.34billion. The value of Hays County houses protested in 2017 rose from $1.22 billion last year to $2.34 billion this year. Hays County Appraisal District conducted 12,510 informal protests and Hays County Appraisal Review Board held 1,000 ARB hearings.  Hays County protests settled informally rose from 5,250 in 2015 to 12,510 in 2017. Hays County property owners achieved property tax savings totaling $13 million (based on 2.7% tax rate and no exemptions) for informal and formal (ARB) hearings. Hays County property owners who protested and attended the informal hearing were successful in 77.55% of appeals in 2017, but only about 15.82% protested. Is it a mystery why more don’t appeal given the probability of success.

Hays County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

HaysCAD Tax protests filed for 2017 Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests 14,360
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests 7,897
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests 254
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests 652
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests 147
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests 30
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests 134
Number Utility Property Tax Protests 116
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests 0
Number Other Property Tax Protests 5,130
HaysCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2017 Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested $6,814,329,318
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested $2,339,779,358
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested $1,417,147,839
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested $1,337,009,872
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested $469,993,921
$ Value Utilities Protested $167,642,410
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested $0
$ Value Other Protested $1,082,755,918
HaysCAD 2017 Number of Protest Hearings No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled 12,072
HaysCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2017 resolved through informal processes No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process 12,508
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest 7,229
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction 9,700
HaysCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2017 Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest 133788813
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest 4,153
HaysCAD 2017 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings 961
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB) 715
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB) 246
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing 590
HaysCAD 2017 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination $ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing $34,921,711
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing $16,062,488
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing $18,859,223
# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed 5

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