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Property Tax Austin property owners count on O'Connor & Associates to aggressively appeal thier property taxes, year after year. Austin property tax assessments seem to increase beyond what is reasonable. Aggressive Austin assessment techniques require aggressive property tax appeals. Austin Texas' Largest Property Tax ConsultantOur staff achieves better results than is typical for most firms. That's why more Texans choose us for property tax appeals year after year. The three primary reasons for our larger tax reductions are an aggressive attitude, well-trained staff and massive customized databases accessible by proprietary software. Our tax consultants are trained to attempt to reduce the assessed value of every property, every year. Annual Austin Property Tax Protest We attempt to reduce your property taxes for each property every year, even if the value did not change! Clients benefit from the understanding that a knowledgeable consultant is attempting to reduce their property taxes every year. While some property owners will periodically protest their property taxes, very few property owners protest each property every year. This constant vigilance ensures property taxes are maintained at the lowest practical level. We have the expertise and the manpower to help you lower your property taxes. Our 50+ property tax experts have over 250 years of combined tax reduction expertise. In 2007, O'Connor & Associates prosecuted more than 120,000 protests, effectively reducing our client's assessed values by $1.8 billion, cutting their taxes by over $55 million. We will aggressively pursue every legal avenue to protest and lower your taxes:
Unequal Appraisal Reduces Austin Property Taxes Even if your property is taxed for less than its market value, you could still be eligible for a property tax cut based on inequitable assessment compared to neighboring or competing properties. As the Texas leader in both administrative and judicial appeals on unequal appraisal, we have the knowledge, insight and resources to effectively appeal based upon unequal appraisal. Massive databases for the assessed values for properties in over 60 counties and proprietary software programs enable O'Connor & Associates tax consultants to scrutinize each client.s property with regard to unequal appraisal. Although property taxes are a substantial financial burden, it is simply unacceptable for clients to be taxed unfairly compared to other property owners! Our staff generated property tax savings for nearly 75% of properties in 2006! No Risk - No Flat Fee - No Upfront Costs Hire O'Connor & Associates to appeal high property taxes. You pay NOTHING unless we save you money!There are NO FLAT FEES or UPFRONT COSTS! You can't lose. We are motivated by an excellent alignment of interest to reduce your property taxes. May 31, 2008 is the deadline to protest most accounts. If you filed your own protest in Travis County, O'Connor & Associates can still represent you at your hearing.Sign-up now, even if the property tax protest deadline is not imminent. By engaging O'Connor Associates to appeal your property taxes annually, you have secured an annual review of the level and fairness of your property taxes. Our staff will review opportunities annually to review your property taxes based upon both excessive valuation and unequal appraisal. Call Toll Free: 1-800-856-REAL or e-mail our property tax department. Top 11 Reasons Texas Property Owners Do Not Appeal Their Property Taxes Property Tax- Frequent Questions Property Tax- Less Frequently Asked Questions Property Tax Myths Not true. Using unequal appraisal, our property tax consultants can probably reduce your property taxes even if your assessed value is below market value. Unequal appraisal compares the assessed value of your property to the assessed value of similar properties. O'Connor & Associates is the market leader in developing and presenting unequal appraisal appeals. Our property tax consultants use proprietary computer programs, banks of server computers and massive databases to search for assessment comparables which document a lower assessed value for your property. Many, if not most, property tax appeals focus on unequal appraisal instead of market value. Not true. Our property tax consultants save homeowners an average of $450 and commercial property owners an average of $6,000. You may lose your 10% cap on increases if you do not appeal your property taxes annually. The appraisal district must, by law, increase your assessed value 10% per year times the number of years since you have been reappraised plus the market value of any improvements. If your assessed value does not change and you do not protest, you forfeit your 10% cap for the next year.Do I have to attend the hearing? No. O'Connor & Associates staff will file the protest and attend the hearing on your behalf. Most property tax appeals are successful. A survey of over 600 property owners indicates 66% of owners who appeal are successful. O'Connor & Associates' property tax consultants reduced property taxes for 75% of homeowners and 80% of commercial property owners in 2007. Most property tax appeals are successful and the value cannot be increased at the informal hearing, where most accounts are settled. The assessed value rarely increases at the ARB. No. We filed over 120,000 appeals in 2007. The Travis Central Appraisal District will not retaliate if you protest your Austin property taxes. Not unless you tell the appraisal district that your house is smaller than they indicate and they need to measure it. The appraisal district is very busy during the property tax appeal season and simply does not have the staffing to measure thousands of houses. Just call O'Connor & Associates. After a three-minute phone call, our property tax consultants and support staff will handle your appeal. | ||