Polk County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 1,450 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 1,840 in 2017. The volume of property tax protests in Polk County has been increasing during the last 3 years. The 2016 property tax protest count was for 910 commercial/industrial / other properties and 540 for houses (62.75% commercial vs 37.24% houses). The volume of Polk County protests for houses has fell 13.82% in the last two years while the volume of commercial has rose 8.43%. The total value of Polk County property protested in 2018 was $640,000,000 billion, including $132,300,000 billion for houses and $511,100,000 billion for commercial/other. The total property value in Polk County fell 14.68% in the last two years. The value of houses increased 30.10% and the value of commercials fell 110.02% during the last two years. Polk County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 30 ARB hearings while Orange County Appraisal District coordinated 10,951 hearings. The number of Polk County informal settlements for houses rose from 1,060 in 2016 to 6,310 in 2018. Informal settlements for commercial rose from 630 in 2016 to 4,640 in 2018. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $4 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 17.55% of Polk County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 363838% of ARB appeals.

Polk County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

PolkCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	1,453
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	544
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	3
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	80
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	28
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	10
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	76
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	112
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	239
Number Other Property Tax Protests	361

PolkCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$643,432,822
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$132,302,955
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$5,169,363
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$116,830,018
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$135,087,024
$ Value Utilities Protested	$62,286,750
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$167,521,604
$ Value Other Protested	$24,235,108

PolkCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	1,349

PolkCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	10,951
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	6,314
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	1,922

PolkCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	26979781
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	$1,091

PolkCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	30
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	16
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	14
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	22

PolkCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$2,014,310
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$220,712
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$1,793,598

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

0