Harris County Appraisal District Taxpayers for Equal Appraisal

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Taxation must be equal and uniform!
All property must be valued and taxed equally and uniformly.

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It is a privilege to own property, isn't it? Also, it is great fun! But, with privilege and fun, come responsibilities which include not being overtaxed!!!

Visit your appraisal district's website for information. And, as an example, TEA (Taxpayers for equal appraisal) suggests that you go to the Harris County Appraisal District's (HCAD) website.

If you wish to learn more about how Harris County Appraisal District operates, you can go to the HCAD web site and view forms.
http://www.hcad.org/Downloads/

However, your TEA will provide HCAD's (Harris County Appraisal District) important Worksheet A for calculating unequal appraisal. Contact the Harris County Appraisal District for its handy pamphlet, Protesting Unequal Appraisal.$

Call HCAD's public Information & Research Center:
(Ms. Kelly Sherbert at 713-957-7873),
or
Call HCAD'S Customer Service Director:
(Roland Altinger at 713-957-5670)
for your free copy of Protesting Unequal Appraisal.$

We recommend the handy pamphlet for your review. Keep in mind that in reading this pamphlet, (which pamphlet was written by Harris County Appraisal District, you will feel intimidated!!! Do not worry. You have the law on your side!

Check out the Texas Comptroller's important website on property taxes

www.window.state.tx.us

Then, click: Texas Taxes.
Then click: Local Property Taxes.
Then click: Taxpayer Rights, Remedies & Responsibilities.
Then click: Appraisal Review Board (ARB) Manual.

Or, call our Texas State Comptroller's office for same property tax information at:

1-800-252-9121.

There is a book you can acquire which is about Property Taxes:
This book will provide you with the knowledge and power to effectively protest and reduce your property's appraisal value and thereby save you hundreds or even thousands of property tax dollars yearly.

The book also enables you to learn and understand the way your property appraisers think and act!

Challenge Your Taxes: Homeowner's Guide to Reducing Your Property Taxes.
By: James E. A. Lumley
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons

To acquire a copy, call toll free
1-800-225-5945.

What is the tax payer's role?

Be informed!
Protest your appraisal.
Knowledge is power.