Home address: 3720 Cr 207

2021 Taxable Value: $1,360,060

Recent Sales Price: $778,000 – Over-taxed by 75%

Appraisal district errors in setting assessed values cause Williamson County owners to pay extra taxes. Protesting the appraisal district’s market value with usually reduce your property taxes. Property owners can appeal both market value and unequal appraisal. The majority who appeal their Texas property taxes are successful.

Property owners are sometimes reluctant to protest their property taxes because the believe the appeal process is difficult. It is not difficult and 60 to 80% of owners who appeal are successful. It is difficult for appraisal districts to accurately value homes since they rarely or never see the houses. Tax protests are resolved at the informal hearing since the result is within a “reasonable range of value”. Appraisal is not an exact science and valuations are only an educated opinion of value, not a fact. Protest your property taxes on market value and unequal appraisal by May 15th annually. Protest even if you do not receive a value notice.