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title: "Property Tax Appeal Check"
description: "Free check: is your home over-assessed? Compare your notice with recent sales, see your likely tax saving, then get a ready-to-file appeal packet for a flat fee instead of a share of your savings."
url: https://propertytaxcalculator.co/
---

Property tax appeal check

# Is your home over-assessed? Check in two minutes.

Put the value from your notice next to what similar homes actually sold for. If the assessor is high, get a ready-to-file appeal packet for one flat fee, not a third of your savings.

- Free The check, the verdict and your likely yearly saving.
- Flat $39 A filled-in appeal letter, evidence table, hearing notes and checklist. You file it yourself.
- At launch Texas, Cook County IL, Philadelphia, Florida and Georgia rules built in. Elsewhere in the US the check still works with the value on your notice, but the packet uses general wording, so confirm your county's form and deadline.
- Private Your address and numbers stay in your browser. They are saved on this device so you can come back; on a shared computer, press Clear my details when you finish.

**Assessment check**Fill from your notice and recent sales ·

Where is the home?

Value on your notice

Last yearly tax bill

Your living area (sq ft)

Your estimate (optional)

## Comparable homes

3 to 5 homes near you, similar size and age, sold in the last year. Find them on Zillow, Redfin or the county's sales search.

| # | Address | Sale price | Sale date | Sq ft | Their assessed value (optional) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

How it works

## A comparable-sales case, without the cut

### Compare

Each sale is scaled to your home's size by price per square foot. The median is your evidence of market value. Add the comparables' own assessments and it also checks whether you're taxed unequally.

### Decide

A gap of 10% or more is usually worth appealing; under 5% rarely moves a board. You see the gap and an estimated yearly saving before you pay anything. It's a screening estimate, not an appraisal: exemptions, caps and your home's condition can change the result.

### File

The packet fills in your appeal letter, the evidence table and two minutes of hearing notes, with the right board, form and deadline rule for your county.

Appeal packet

## Your packet, filled in from your check

Add the owner details and build it. You see the first page free; the rest unlocks after payment and prints or saves as a PDF.

**Owner details**Printed on the letter

Owner name

Tax year

Property address

Parcel / account no.

Phone

Email

Mailing address, if different

Condition issues (optional)

Run the check above first.

Your packet appears here.

Pricing

## One flat fee. Keep your whole saving.

| What you get | This kit | Contingency services | Doing it alone |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cost on a $1,200 yearly saving | $39 once | $300 to $600 (25 to 50% of the saving) | Free |
| Comparable-sales analysis | Yes, with your own sales | Yes | You build it |
| Letter, evidence table, hearing notes | Filled in for you | They file for you | Blank form |
| Who attends the hearing | You, with notes | They do | You |

Missed this year's window?

## Get a reminder before your county's deadline

Most counties give you 30 to 60 days after notices go out. We'll email you when yours opens, once a year, and nothing else.

Email

County and state

Questions

## Before you appeal

### Can my taxes go up if I appeal?

In most places the board can only lower or keep the value you appealed. A few states let the board raise it, so read your notice, and don't appeal if your own evidence says the value is fair.

### Which homes count as comparable?

Close by, similar size, age, style and condition, and sold near the valuation date on your notice (often January 1). Three to five good ones beat ten loose ones.

### Does this include my homestead exemption or caps?

No. The saving is a rough figure: last year's bill scaled by how far the value drops. Caps such as Florida's Save Our Homes or the Texas 10% homestead cap can make the real saving smaller. Missed a Texas homestead or over-65 exemption? [Check what you can claim back](https://propertytaxcalculator.co/missed-homestead-exemption-refund).

### Is this legal advice?

No. This is self-help software that organises the evidence you provide. It isn't a law firm or a licensed appraiser, and it doesn't file or attend hearings for you.

### Where does my data go?

Your address and figures stay in your browser. We count anonymous checks (county, verdict) to learn which counties to add, and store your email only if you give it.