Home address: 7860 Rogue River Tr

2021 Taxable Value: $318,349  

Recent Sales Price: $213,000 – Overtaxed by 49%

Texas property owners can avoid paying excess property taxes by taking several basic steps. Protesting the appraisal district’s market value will usually reduce your property taxes. Check the unequal appraisal box on the protest form, or your unequal appraisal appeal will be ignored. 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 impossible for 2,272 Texas appraisal district appraisers to track physical condition and value for over 20 million properties. 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. Property owners who appeal annually rarely pay more than their fair share.