Already increasing in 2016, the firm has filed more than $2.2 billion and 185,000+ protests of assessed value, reducing client taxes by $60 million*.
For the 2015 tax year, the firm lowered assessed value by more than $1.8 billion, resulting in estimated tax savings of around $49 million* on behalf of its residential and commercial clients.
We are the nation’s largest property tax consulting firm.
We take the fight to the Hays County Appraisal District for you every year, whether your value is up, down or does not change.
We do not charge any fees for market value reductions, unless we reduce your property taxes.
Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Hays County Appraisal District and the Hays County Appraisal Review Board.
We know the processes and appropriate contacts at Hays County Appraisal District.
O’Connor is the most aggressive property tax consultant.
For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Hays County Appraisal District and has continuously produced results.
O’Connor is the leading representative for the Hays County Appraisal District property owners because: The 2018 budget for the Hays Appraisal District was $3,130,000, including 37 employees. Property owner property tax protests in Hays County results in savings of $15 million in 2018, or $818 per account protested. Hays County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 72% of the owners. Hays County property owners protested the noticed value for 9,080 houses and 9,250 commercial and BPP properties. Hays County 2018 property taxes are estimated to total $1 billion, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. The total market value of real property and personal property in Hays County in 2018 was $53,000,000,000. Adjacent counties include Travis, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Blanco County. Hays County Texas totals 680 square miles, with a 2018 population of about 230,191. Website: Major Cities: Buda, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, Wimberley
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Rendition And Discovery To Facilitate Valuing Personal Property.
A $250,000 house’s assessed value will increase by $25,000 its first year, then $27,500 the next year, then $30,250 the next, and so on until you can no longer afford the taxes on your home and you must sell it at a loss because any equity you had was prematurely paid to the county through property taxes. In practice, this offers little relief to homeowners. Of course, state law limits the amount the assessed value can increase by year to year to 10% (for those with Homestead Exemption). So, when the “property value” increases, so does our tax liability, even if the tax rate remains the same. They only “determine property value.” However, that property value determines our tax liability. The CAD will be the very first to tell anyone that will listen that they are not responsible for property taxes. And a merciless Raven swooped down to pick our bones dry. And then, a most ominous sign: the tunnel caved in. We were just beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We lost friends, family, our own health, and our minds to a virus we still do not fully understand.Ĭompounding the turmoil of the pandemic was Winter Storm Uri that left us all in the freezing dark and without water for several days to a few weeks. Miss Laura Raven, the Hays County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser, seems to be aptly named.Īfter arguably the most difficult year of our collective lives-in which tens of thousands of us lost our jobs, had our hours cut, and/or our businesses shuttered many of us falling behind on our bills and our mortgage payments. In nature, the raven is a clever, aggressive scavenger that feeds on small, deceased animals or steals eggs from other birds’ nests. It is seen as an evil omen of terrible misfortunes to come. Call it what you will-coincidence, irony, or fate-that a person with the surname of “Raven” would have the unglamorous position of determining the assessed taxable value of real property for some hundred thousand property owners within the county.Ĭulturally and in literature, the raven is often used to symbolize death or foreboding.