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tax appraisals: LAST WEEK TO FILE TAX APPRAISAL PROTESTS - TEXAS - 05/26/09 07:52 AM
In Texas there is one central source for appraisals property taxing authorities use to determine value.  They are called Central Appraisal Districts, and every county has one.
Their purpose is to assign values to your real estate, inventory and equipment that are in line with those they have assigned comparable properties.  The Central Appraisal Districts (CADs) have nothing to do with setting taxes; they just determine values.
Each year, property owners are notified the value that the CAD has determined for each of the owner's property holdings.
You have the right to protest -- to contest -- the value(s) the CAD has … (4 comments)

tax appraisals: SO YOU'VE BEEN "HAD" BY YOUR TEXAS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT? - 07/11/08 11:15 PM
WHAT NOW?
Texas real property taxpayers appear to have little understanding of the logic behind our Central Appraisal District system.  And I've concluded that at least some of the Chief Appraisers of CADs don't understand them either.
I wrote a voluminous piece on this some time back.  Here it is for review.
That piece has brought any number of telephone calls and emails from taxpayers who went before the Appraisal Review Board at their Central Appraisal District to protest the new appraisal of their home.  Each lost as a result of the smoke and mirrors presentation of the CAD's appraiser that … (6 comments)

tax appraisals: HOW TO PROTEST TEXAS PROPERTY TAX APPRAISALS -- Deadline May 31, 2008 - 05/29/08 10:03 AM
The property tax appraisal logic in Texas is this:
One entity will decide the appraised values of every taxable property in the county.  These are called Central Appraisal Districts.  There is a chief appraiser overseeing each district. Using computer models and site visits, every piece of taxable property is given a value by the CAD.  Those values are then published as public record. A period of time is then allowed for taxpayers to compare the value that was assessed to their property with assessments of comparable properties. If the taxpayer can show that the value assigned to his property is not … (3 comments)

 
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