| Click
on |
APPEAL
MANUAL 2000 to print the best guide to Travis
CAD tax appeals ever written. |
| Click
on |
MY
HOME button to print a detailed tax appraisal
sheet for your home. |
| Click
on |
SOLD
HOMES button to bring up the Neighborhood Sale
List. Click on the sold homes which are good
comparables and print side-by-side comparisons
of your home to the sold homes TCAD will use to defend
their value, plus some they don't have. |
| Click
on |
MY
NEIGHBORS button to bring up the Neighborhood
Equity List. Click on the homes which are good
comparables and have an Indicated
Value in red.
Print side-by-side comparisons to these neighbor's
homes which indicate your tax appraisal is too high.
You can also print Picture Sheets so you can attach
pictures as evidence. |
| Drive
by |
the
good
comparables so you can speak knowledgeably about
them. This is a great advantage, you have seen them
and the tax appraisers haven't. |
| Read |
the
APPEAL MANUAL 2000 section about how to present
your case at the Informal and Formal Hearings. These
are insider tips and hints from professionals who
have made literally thousands of presentations to
the Travis Appraisal Review Board. |
| Use |
the
TCAD COMPUTER TEMPLATE to check the TCAD computer
for results of other protests, looking for reductions
to use as precedent in asking for similar tax relief.
|
| Attend |
your
hearings with the confidence that you are completely
prepared. |