Home address: 9163 Mount Etna Dr
2021 Tax Assessment:$112,614
Recent Sales Price: $75,000  – Over-taxed by 50%

Most homeowners who do not appeal annually pay excess property taxes. Market value property tax appeals save homeowners an average of $500 according to Texas Comptroller Glen Hager for 2019. An unequal appraisal appeal is easy to prepare.  Just find neighborhood homes with a lower level of assessment (per square foot).  Summarize the data in a table. Winning a property tax protest is easy.  Getting property owners to appeal is hard.  Only 10% of Texan homeowners appeal their property taxes.

Owners are sometimes reluctant to protest property taxes due to a concern their value might be raised.  This can’t and does not happen.  Since 2019, neither the appraisal district nor the appraisal review board can increase a property tax assessment during a protest. Appraisal districts use the cost approach to value houses.  It is generally considered the least reliable method of appraisal. Tax protests are resolved at the informal hearing since the result is within a “reasonable range of value”.  An appraisal is not an exact science and valuations are only an educated opinion of value, not a fact. Appraisal property taxes yard work and HVAC check-ups are just a few of the responsibilities for homeowners.