Van-Zandt County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 2,080 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 1,850 in 2017. The volume of property tax protests in Van-Zandt County has been increasing during the last 3 years. The 2018 property tax protest count was for 710 commercial/industrial / other properties and 1,370 for houses (7.1% commercial vs 13.7% houses). The total value of Van-Zandt County property protested in 2018 was $406,900,000, including $206,700,000 for houses and $136,200,000 for commercial / other.The total value of property protested in Van-Zandt County rose 3.7% in the last two years. The value of houses increased 6.1% and the value of commercial fell 28.3% during the last two years. Van-Zandt County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 49 ARB hearings while Van-Zandt County Appraisal District coordinated 49 hearings. The volume of Van-Zandt County Appraisal Review Board hearings fell from 77 in 2016 to 49 in 2018. 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.) Van-Zandt County property owners who protested and attended the informal hearing were successful in 86.57% of appeals in 2018, but only about 3.84% protest. Is it a mystery why more don’t appeal given the probability of success.

Van Zandt County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

VZCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	2,075
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	1,365
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	0
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	246
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	238
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	0
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	122
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	50
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	24
Number Other Property Tax Protests	30

VZCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$406,915,694
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$206,684,246
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$0
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$136,229,710
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$51,909,584
$ Value Utilities Protested	$10,000,000
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$92,154
$ Value Other Protested	$2,000,000

VZCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	655

VZCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	1,578
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	1,208
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	1,366

VZCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	16721843
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	281

VZCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	49
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	30
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	19
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	15

VZCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$937,376
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$543,426
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$393,950

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

0