Property Tax Situation - McLennan County, Texas

[dk29248]

I failed to receive a tax appraisal on my home earlier this year. When I received the bill in October, I realized that the appraisal value increased by $72,000, increasing my taxes by over $1,000. My research has revealed that they have just now added /appraised structures that have been there since the 1990's. To make matters worse, I was told when my husband died in 2009, that my taxes were frozen to the amount paid in 2005 when my husband turned 65, but they have been fluctuating up and down by $20 every year since 2005. All this to ask: Can I fight the appraisal district to get my taxes reverted to the 2005 amount (based on data that was missing for over 25 years)?

 

[justalayman]

Generally their failure to assess the property correctly due to not including improvements does not allow an argument the property should not be assessed properly now.

I suspect you won't be successful in holding the assessment at the 2005 level because it was improperly assessed at that time. What they are doing is correcting an error.

 

[dk29248]

I was afraid I would hear that...thanks for your time.