Travis County Appraisal District (TCAD) announced they will send 144,802 notices of changed value. Except for new construction, none of these are residential. TCAD said they were not able to value residential property in Travis County. Travis County was able to value commercial properties, and most of the increases are for commercial accounts.
Travis County Appraisal Districts is causing inequity in the tax rolls by increasing commercial values while leaving residential values flat.
TCAD lost access to Austin MLS data and is saying they can’t value houses without it. It is surprising Travis County Appraisal District can’t value houses without the MLS data since there is so much information available from Zillow and similar sites, including sales prices.
TCAD may be avoiding revaluing residential to address the issue of sales disclosures with the legislation. Sales prices are currently private in Texas.
The deadline to file a property tax protest for Travis County is May 15th.
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File a protest by May 15 to obtain a free copy of the Travis County Appraisal District Hearing Evidence Package. Protest by May 15th and request the TCAD Hearing Evidence Package. It is free. You can ask them to send it to you by U.S. Mail at their cost.
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