How to Successfully Protest your Texas Property Taxes

Blown away by your 2016 notice of appraised value? Many Austin-area homeowners saw significant jumps this year. Your home's appraised value determines the annual property tax owed. The burden of proving an increased value is on the appraisal district. I created this video to help you navigate the process and be successful in lowering your appraised value and paying less taxes.

For up to date information please read my April 2018 blog with updated tips on how to be successful at your protest:

homesalesaustintexas.com/10-tips-for-a-successf…

Here are the links to appraisal districts where you can look up values of nearby homes:
Travis County: traviscad.org/property_search.html
Williamson County: search.wcad.org/
Hays County: propertysearch.hayscad.com/Appraisal/PublicAcce…

If the property you live in is your primary residence, be sure you have filed a homestead exemption to lower your taxes (the appraised value for a homestead property cannot increase more than 10% per year). Learn about over 65, Disability and other exemptions:
traviscad.org/faq_exemptions.html

Prefer to hire someone to handle your property taxes? Here are some contacts for that and I recommend contacting them early as they get booked:

Laura Casey
llcasey.com/laura-casey.html

Five Stone Tax
fivestonetax.com/

Texas Pro Tax
texasprotax.com/

Did my tips help you out? I'd love for you comment below on how your hearing went. Best of luck!

An Austin resident since 1978, I have been a licensed Realtor in Austin, Texas since 2003. I partnered with my mother and former real estate agent, Judy DeWitt, from 2003 - 2014 (thus the name Family Pair of my website) and we have helped hundreds of clients. I welcome you to browse my stellar client reviews on Yelp or Facebook. You can contact me at [email protected] or (512) 773-3214.

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Kudos to my amazing daughter who filmed and edited this video. I could not have made it without her!