Are Your Property Taxes Too High?
How Do You Know?
What Can You Do?
Here's what happens when most home owners receive their tax bill: you open your envelope, give it a cursory glance, perhaps mumble something under your breath (that's not fit to print), then put it in the stack to be filed. After all, like most home owners, your taxes and insurance are paid out of your mortgage escrow account so, since you don’t have to write a check - you look at it - feel somewhat helpless - but just accept it. Sound familiar?
Your property taxes and the methods used for calculating them are somewhat bewildering to the average home owner. In most areas you can visit your county taxing authority's website and surf around until you find the formula used. However with terms like: Assessed Value, Market Value, Just Value, Taxable Value - it's enough to make you feel, well, helpless - all over again.
It's common knowledge that in just about every corner of the U.S., home values have declined. In some areas, the decline has been sharp and painful. Now, to pour salt into an open wound - you get your tax bill and, Shazam!, your property taxes have gone up! Even when the value of your home is way down! No fair? No kidding.
Enter - TaxPeel. TaxPeel (www.taxpeel.com) is a new company who aims to help the average homeowner understand where they stand. For the modest price of $19.95, TaxPeel offers an instant, custom Peel-Metric Property Report which results in a recommendation as to whether or not appealing your property taxes is warranted - and - could save you money! And if you want more information about your property's value, you can order an appraisal (the Peel-Property Evaluation) right online. TaxPeel will coordinate and send an expert, licensed appraiser right to your door.
Many times, homeowners can be eligible for reductions in their tax bills from hundreds to thousands of dollars - due to overall market value declines in an area or due to inaccurate data reported by the county on your property. Maybe the county has your home's square footage at 3,000 square feet - but it's actually 2,100. Maybe it says you have 4 bedrooms - when you only have 3. It happens. Experts estimate that 60% of taxable property in the U.S. is over-assessed.*
Yes, all you home owners - you can fight city hall – and end that helpless feeling - but you need to arm yourself with information, first - and TaxPeel can help!
TaxPeel
www.taxpeel.com
1-877-TAXPEEL (829-7335)
*National Tax Payers Union
