How to protest your 2022 property appraisal in Central Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas householders could also be in search of property tax reduction following sharp will increase in dwelling value determinations this 12 months. Travis County appraised market values may rise “virtually 40 to 50%” in some areas, in response to the chief appraiser for Travis Central Appraisal District. 

If a property proprietor disagrees with their dwelling’s appraised market worth or the worth {that a} property would promote for as of Jan. 1, they’ll submit a protest with their county’s appraisal district. 

The deadline to submit a protest type is Might 16.

Easy methods to file a protest in your county

After you obtain your appraisal through mail, protests might be submitted to the county’s appraisal assessment board, which is a citizen group that determines the result of a protest. Verify along with your county of residence for additional data.

For Travis County householders: 

• On-line protest kinds might be filed at www.traviscad.org/efile. Nevertheless, the TCAD web site is down as of April 15 because of too many individuals accessing the web site after values had been posted and a DDoS assault.
• Varieties might be mailed to PO Field 149012, Austin, Texas 78714.
• Varieties might be dropped off at 850 E. Anderson Ln., Austin, Texas 78752.

For Williamson County householders: 

• On-line protest kinds might be filed at wcad.org. 
• Varieties might be mailed or dropped off at 625 FM 1460, Georgetown, Texas 78726.

For Hays County householders: 

Here’s what occurs after a protest is submitted, in response to the Texas Comptroller: 

1. Written discover for a proper listening to with the appraisal assessment board might be despatched at the least 15 days earlier than the listening to date. This can be a listening to among the many home-owner, board and chief appraiser to debate objections, exemptions and particular value determinations. 
2. Moreover, a house owner can request a casual listening to to resolve objections forward of the formal listening to.
3. Throughout the listening to, the home-owner or an agent can seem in particular person, present proof through affidavit with out an look or seem by telephone convention for arguments and proof by affidavit. Cellphone or video convention appearances should be requested at the least 10 days prematurely of the listening to date. 
4. The board will ship rulings through e-mail or mail. 
5. If there may be additional disagreement with the ruling, a property proprietor has the precise to attraction the choice in district court docket or attraction the willpower to a binding settlement or to the State Workplace of Administrative Hearings.

Why protest?

Some causes to protest an appraisal embrace proposed values which can be too excessive, values which can be unequally in contrast, a chief appraiser denying an exemption and different points, in response to the comptroller. 

Williamson County householders can search an “categorical assessment” for houses purchased between Jan. 1 and March 31 this 12 months if the house’s Whole Market Worth or present Discover of Appraised Worth exceeds the acquisition value, in response to the appraisal district. The deadline to request categorical evaluations is Might 11, however the deadline to submit the required data for assessment or settle for an e-mail worth supply is Might 12. Candidates ought to anticipate a response inside 5 enterprise days. 

Formal listening to recommendation

The state comptroller offers a number of suggestions for profitable appeals. 

• Be on time and ready in your listening to
• Keep on with the details and keep away from emotional pleas
• Assessment the ARB listening to procedures
• Current your data in a easy and well-organized method

Travis County’s appraisal district is holding a 2022 Protest Course of webinar April 27 at 11:30 a.m. with data on submitting protests, casual conferences, ARB hearings and proof submissions.