Do not waste any time putting together your appeal papers or you might miss the time limit. You will have a limited amount of time after receiving your tax notice to file a protest. If you omit required details or miss a filing deadline, your protest might be kicked out or returned to you to finish. Study the process meticulously before completing the forms. You can locate the required appeal process and the forms on the county’s website or at the county tax office. The county is the one that evaluated the real estate and it will review your appeal. You can appeal your county’s calculation of your real estate tax value if you suspect it is higher than it should be.
The only cost for some protest companies’ involvement is a percentage of any tax reductions uncovered. A no-brainer or conflicted whether to proceed with a protest or not, don’t obsess. Research recent increases or drops in real estate asking price trends.Įven if you’re unsure whether or not the assessment is an overassessment, act without delay. Contrast your property’s assigned market value with similar real estate – particularly with newly sold in your community. These tax billings are available for everyone to analyze on the Internet. Study your property’s bill with vigilance. Watch out for duplicate installments that take place, especially if you’ve just remortgaged. With any potential over assessment, there’s a need to quickly assemble the facts and consider filing a formal appeal. Besides that, assessors’ offices could make errors. Not surprising though when presumed alike properties in locales are appraised at the same fair market value based upon just a few - again presupposed - representative properties’ appraised values. Maybe you’re unaware that a real estate tax levy might be bigger than it should be because of an inaccurate assessment.