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Protest Unfair County Property Taxes with Help from Lane’s Experts

If you own commercial property, be it a single building or a portfolio spanning multiple units, it pays to protest your county property taxes annually. With more than 100 years of combined experience and a success rate of saving clients millions of dollars each year, Lane Property Tax Advocates takes time-consuming tasks off property owners’ plates, eases stress and fights to ensure fair valuations.

From filing the proper paperwork, to building an iron-clad case, attending hearings on your behalf and seeing to litigation or arbitration, when necessary, Lane won’t stop until we’ve successfully lowered what’s owed. Allow our team to put our decades of experience, in-depth real estate knowledge and long-held relationships to work to save you money and unburden your business.

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How Does Protesting Your County Property Taxes Work?

Lane represents commercial property owners through every stage of what can be a months-long process, saving them time, money and headaches.

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January 31*
Payment of property taxes from the prior year is due.
*Or 30 days after notice.

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February
County Appraisal Districts (CADs) start releasing notice values for properties.

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February – May
Property Information Requests are due to your agent. The team reviews property information, tax statements and other evidence to build a case.

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April 15
Business Personal Property (BPP) renditions are due.

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May 15
All commercial property tax protests are due.

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May – August
Informal and formal hearings with the CAD begin.

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August – December
Arbitration and litigation may take place if you do not agree with the value in the formal ARB hearing.

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Why Work With Lane?

Our tax pros have the time, market knowledge and firsthand experience needed to protest clients’ overinflated commercial property taxes — and protest them well.

  • Information Gathering
  • Appraisal District Correspondence
  • Valuation & Assessment Analysis
  • Representation Through Formal & Informal Hearings
  • Preparation & Filing of Renditions, Appeals, Corrections & Exemptions
  • Representation Through Arbitration or Litigation, if Needed

Learn How Lane Property Tax
Advocates Can Help

Working with Lane Property Tax Advocates makes things easy. We take care of all the legwork, so you can focus on managing your commercial properties and running your business. We have a proven track record for our clients:

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100+

Years of combined real estate experience

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75%+

Of property values are
corrected when represented

by a property tax firm

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20% +

Average reduction in
property values for
Lane clients*

*Disclaimer: Data as of November 19, 2024; Data does not include litigation or arbitration reductions or values.

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I was optimistic that your efforts with HCAD were going to be successful, but I was not expecting to have Lane Property Tax Associates exceed my expectations. I am truly impressed with how easy you guys are to work with, as well as how efficient the process was. I will indeed continue to use your services in the coming years.

— Ryan C.
Our taxes had been lowered from $23,571.01 to $18,279.34. Big difference of $5,291.67. I am so glad you succeeded to lower the taxes. We greatly appreciate your work and diligence.
— Kris G.
The Lane team’s attention to detail and the personal approach make them easy to work with. A lot of tax firms are huge, and you don’t always get personal attention like you do with Lane. It’s always better when you communicate with someone working on your file, not just someone taking the call to whom you’re just a number.
– Andrew E.