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Lower Your Property Taxes for 2011!
Why this is the year to protest:
- Home values have appeared to bottom out. Use homes in your area that have sold at a discount as evidence to reduce your property taxes. It's time to reduce your property's taxable value before it's too late ...
- A Texas law now permits foreclosures to support a reduction in your value. You can use foreclosures as evidence to your property’s assessed value. This is your chance to save!
- Protesting is likely to benefit you for 3 years. That means a savings in 2011 would continue into 2012 and 2013.
- The declining economy is a determining factor in reducing your property taxes. 2011 may be the last chance to use this strategy to reduce your taxable value!
- Tax rates are expected to increase in 2011 to make up budget shortfalls; do you want to pay even more?
Remember, the deadline to file a protest is a May 31st, 2011.
Don't miss out on this Opportunity to Save Money!
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Declining Home Values:
The Property Tax Code now acknowledges that neighborhood declines are relevant to value. "In determining value ... the chief appraiser may not exclude from consideration the value of other ... property in the same neighborhood because... the market value has declined…"
Foreclosures:
Effective January 1, 2010, the chief appraiser in appraising a residence homestead may not exclude comparable homes that sold at foreclosure in any of the three years preceding the tax year. What does this mean to you? Homes that sold at foreclosure can now be used to reduce your property value.
Three Year Savings:
A Texas law now prohibits the chief appraiser from increasing the appraised value of the property in the following tax year unless the increased value is reasonably supported by SUBSTANTIAL evidence or by presenting evidence showing that an inequality in the appraisal of property was correct. The burden of proof is on the chief appraiser to support an increase under these circumstances. If the District can’t present substantial evidence, your value cannot be increased.
The Declining Economy Matters:
A Texas law now permits homes that sold within the last 24 months as comparable, and the chief appraiser cannot exclude comparable homes that have declined in value because of the economy.
Rising Tax Rates:
The decline in sales tax revenues has taxing municipalities looking to property tax rates for relief. You’ll pay more in property taxes even if your property value stays unchanged, if rates increase this year.
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