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Collin Central Appraisal District (CAD) commercial and residential property owners have claimed property tax savings from formal and informal hearings. The results of these are displayed below:

  • In 2022, Collin County owners achieved total tax savings in 2022 of $226 million, which exceeds the 2021 total property tax savings of $137 million.
  • The appraisal value of 99,550 Collin County accounts were contested by the property owners in 2022.
  • 56% of informal and 51% of Appraisal Review Board (ARB) property tax protests in Collin County were successful. The informal step in the appeal process resulted in $9 million in property tax savings for accounts valued by Collin CAD. An additional $11 million savings for property owners was accomplished in ARB protests
  • In 2014, less than 11% of Collin County property parcels were protested. By 2022, greater numbers of accounts began to leverage the benefit of the appeal process, with 23% of property owners filing for reduction.
  • In 2021, Collin County accounts found tax savings from informal hearings worth $50 million. This amount stayed consistent in 2022 with $48 million in savings from informal appeals.

Property owners select O’Connor to represent them in property tax protests more often than any other firm because:

  • O’Connor’s aggressive approach is well aligned with the property owners’ interest. We pay the fees and costs regardless of the level of appeal. Many competitors require the property owner to pay the binding arbitration deposit or costs related to judicial appeal such as legal fees, expert witness fees and court costs. We will not ask you to pay any of the costs or fees related to your property tax protest.
  • O’Connor has built relationships with appraisal district staff during the last 30 years while conducting literally millions of property tax appeals.
  • O’Connor develops an extensive file for each property tax protest, often 50 to 100 pages of evidence regarding both market value and unequal appraisal. Our proprietary software tailors the evidence to a format the appraisal district prefers.
  • Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Collin CAD and the Collin County ARB.

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Property Taxes vs CPI

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CAD Operations Stats

Collin Central Appraisal District - Collin CAD

About CAD

  • County: Collin
  • Street Address: 250 Eldorado Pkwy. McKinney, TX 75069-8023
  • Mailing Address: 250 Eldorado Pkwy. McKinney, TX 75069-8023
  • Phone: 469-742-9200
  • Website: www.collincad.org

Collin County Appraisal District

Major Cities: Allen, Anna, Blue Ridge, Celina, Farmersville, Lavon, Lowry Crossing, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Murphy, Nevada, Parker, Princeton, Weston

Collin County Texas totals 886 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 1,064,465. Adjacent counties include Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall, Dallas, Denton. The total market value of real property and personal property in Collin County in 2020 was $189,000,000,000. Collin County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $3,000,000,000 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Collin County property owners protested the noticed value for 54,340 houses and 27,080 commercial and BPP properties. Collin County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 48% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Collin County results in savings of $3,533,480,000 in 2020, or $43,403 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Collin was $22,760,000 including 140 employees.

Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)

  • Residential Property $333
  • Commercial Property $8,532


August 2023

In 2021, Collin Central Appraisal District granted an estimated $47 million in property tax savings at informal hearings and $80.4 million in property tax savings at ARB or formal hearings. These protests totaled close to $127 million total tax savings for Collin County property owners.

July 2023

The Collin Central Appraisal District protests at ARB hearings resulted in value reductions worth $3.2 billion, translating to property tax savings of near $80.4 million.

June 2023

In 2021, Collin Central Appraisal District informal hearings lowered the 2021 assessed values by $1.8 billion. Collin County property owners realize an estimated $46.9 million savings in property taxes as a result.

May 2023

The Collin Central Appraisal District settled 40,211 accounts through the informal process in 2021. 67% or 26,918 of these accounts saw a result with a lower value.

April 2023

The Collin Central Appraisal District documents 56% of the total market value, equaling $112 billion was protested with the Appraisal Review Board in 2021. Protests filed by 78,825 property owners account for these numbers.

March 2023

The market value of single-family homes is $108 billion or 54% of the total market value for all property categories in Collin Central Appraisal District in 2021. The total market value of Collin Central Appraisal District property types is $201 billion.

February 2023

The Collin Central Appraisal District property tax parcels include single-family residential property, multi-family residential property, commercial property, utilities, and industrial property, as well as other property types for a total of 402,482 tax parcels. At a total budget in 2021 of $23 million, an average of $58 was spent on the appraisal of each tax parcel.

January 2023

Collin Central Appraisal District estimates the value of land, houses, commercial, multifamily, industrial, utilities and personal property at $201 billion for 2021. Collin County property taxes total $5 billion annually based on these property tax assessments by Collin CAD.

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