Cut Your Texas Property Taxes (Hardcover)

by Patrick C. O'Connor (Author)

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Product Description
This book, Cut Your Texas Property Taxes, will empower you to fight the appraisal district to reduce your assessed property value. It outlines in detail the appraisal hearing process to help you prepare an effective protest. All phases of the process are illustrated, enabling the reader to make informed judgments about when to protest property taxes and how to get started. You can learn the various types of protests and how to file each one, step by step. This could be the most practical tool ever to help Texas property owners reduce their taxes for houses, commercial property, or business personal property! Cut Your Texas Property Taxes examines the issues of how assessed values are set and how property taxes are calculated-- and, more importantly, what you can do to assure that you are paying the lowest possible amount. This includes a thorough description of the three approaches to appraising property value. All the possible exemptions are explained, along with tips on how to use them to the best advantage. Andrew Segal of Boxer Property has this to say about Cut Your Texas Property Taxes: "Taxes may be inevitable, but the amount you pay varies greatly. This indispensable guide reveals how O'Connor has obliterated hundreds of millions from the tax roles, leveling the playing field for tax payers of all sizes when faced with the taxing authorities." Did you know that in Texas property taxes are higher compared to most states, partly because Texas does not have a personal state income tax? You can protest-- you have a right to lower property taxes!

About the Author
Patrick C. O'Connor has been president of O'Connor & Associates, a property tax reduction, real estate appraisal, cost segregation, market research, publishing and consulting firm located in Houston, Texas, since 1983. He is a registered senior property tax consultant in the state of Texas and is a recipient of the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. O’Connor & Associates is the largest property tax consultant in Texas and will handle approximately 60,000 to 70,000 property tax appeals in 2006 O'Connor is a highly regarded spokesperson for the Houston real-estate community and has been interviewed on CNN and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, National Real Estate Investor, Houston Chronicle, Houston Post, and Houston Business Journal. Over O’Connor earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Houston in May of 1981 and a master of business administration from Harvard Business School in May of 1983.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 198 pages
• Publisher: O'Connor & Associates (January 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0970680503
• ISBN-13: 978-0970680501
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,502,680 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)