Here in Texas there are only two certainties in life: death and property taxes (and probably mosquitos). Property taxes out here are ridiculous (for my home, I pay a rate of about 2.5% of the taxable value of the property every year), so there is a lot of incentive to protest your assessment. I did [...]
I posted previously about my decision to protest my property tax assessment, and my time to present my case to the appraisal district finally came this past week. Being the obsessive-compulsive accountant type, I diligently put together my protest and evidence for my meeting with the appraiser. My protest for a lower appraisal was based [...]
Everything’s bigger in Texas! Especially property taxes! While many tout this state’s lack of a state income tax, the flip side of this is that our property taxes are ridiculous. I guess the government is going to get its money one way or another. Last year I paid property tax at the rate of 2.53% [...]