Johnson County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 20,450 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 18,870 in 2017. The volume of property tax protests in Johnson County has been increasing during the last 3 years. The 2018 property tax protest count was for 11.7% commercial/industrial / other properties and 10.7% for houses (a% commercial vs b% houses). The volume of Johnson County protests for houses has raised 106.9% in the last two years while the volume of commercials has fallen 9.35%. The total value of Johnson County property protested in 2018 was $2.92Billion, including $0.5billion for houses and $2.41billion for commercial / other. The total value of property protested in Johnson County rose 2.92% in the last two years. The value of houses increased 179.9% and the value of commercial rose 42.8% during the last two years. Johnson County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 2,000 ARB hearings while Johnson County Appraisal District coordinated 1,559 informal hearings. The number of Johnson County informal settlements for houses rose from 580 in 2016 to 870 in 2018. Informal settlements for commercial rose from 900 in 2016 to 1,170 in 2018. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $11.14million 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 94.13% of Johnson County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 53% of ARB appeals.

Johnson County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

JohnsonCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	20,454
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	2,693
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	247
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	630
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	385
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	125
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	654
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	5
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	11,747
Number Other Property Tax Protests	3,968

JohnsonCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$2,917,192,397
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$500,354,787
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$59,068,717
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$387,059,582
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$748,445,501
$ Value Utilities Protested	$382,160,294
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$573,870,038
$ Value Other Protested	$266,233,478

JohnsonCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	18,004

JohnsonCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	2,043
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	869
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	1,923

JohnsonCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	106402618
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	1,088

JohnsonCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	1,559
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	769
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	790
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	434

JohnsonCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$19,212,751
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$8,291,886
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$10,920,865

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

5