property tax appeal
By Glenn Goodrich Property tax expert A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for CandysDirt.com about my concerns with the Dallas Morning News‘ DIY property tax tool “Tx Tax” and the broader conflict of interest questions that arise when a major newspaper also sells paid property tax services. At the end of that article,…
With deadlines looming like those distant storm clouds Pete Delkus warned us about this weekend, homeowners and property owners across North Texas are gearing up to navigate the labyrinth of paperwork and procedures that define the property tax protest process. Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Rockwall counties have May 15 deadlines to file a protest. Tarrant…
By Glenn Goodrich Founder/CEO, PropertyTax.io In November 2023, Texas voters passed Proposition 4, significantly altering the landscape of property taxation with an increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000. While this legislative change was widely celebrated, less noticed was a new 20 percent cap on non-homesteaded real estate valued under $5 million, impacting…
Remember how Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told everyone to protest their property tax appraisal? Basically, Jenkins said that because Governor Greg Abbott wasn’t working to freeze appraisals due to the economic havoc that COVID-19 has wrought, everyone needs to protest their property tax appraisal to ease the sting. Well, if you were going to…
Around the time property tax appraisals are mailed in April, I think every address in Texas gets a flurry of postcards from property tax protest firms. They all seem to have some combination of “property” “tax” and “protest” in their names. Searching Google for “Texas property tax protest service” nets about 25 million results. Clearly,…
