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Have You Filed An Appeal On Your Property Taxes? Here Is How You Can Prepare For Your Property Tax Appeal Hearings

  If you are planning to prepare for your property tax appeal hearings, the following information will help you. This blog gives you a brief introduction about property taxes, how to prepare for the informal hearing, and the formal hearing. Property taxes are an ad valorem tax which means “accounting to value” i.e the taxes levied on your home are purely based on the value established by the CAD. In simple terms, Amount of tax that is due = Taxable value * Tax rate The notices are usually sent out during the first week of April and these notices depict how much the county has valued your property and an estimate of the taxes you will have to pay if you do not opt for a protest. So when you file a  protest you are protesting the initial appraised value the CAD placed. Now that you know what you protest, how nice would it be if you get a chance to know how the others move their cards towards victory. This might help you win at the property tax appeals too. Even though you might ...