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Resolved Informally Upshur CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Number 0.922 0.599 0.717 1.324 0.882 1.046 1.110 0.867 2.346 2.273 1.688
Single Family 0.150 0.098 0.070 0.232 0.110 0.290 0.253 0.266 0.800 1.183 0.403
Commercial / Other 0.772 0.501 0.647 1.092 0.772 0.756 0.857 0.601 1.546 1.090 1.285

Texas property owners should protest annually since Most appeals are resolved with a reduction at the informal level.

Upshur County Property Tax Protests Resolved Informally

Upshur County property owners who file a property tax protest have three primary options to resolve the appeal / protest. These include the: 1) informal hearing, 2) the formal hearing (or appraisal review board), and 3) judicial appeal or binding arbitration. Most property tax protests in most counties are resolved at the informal hearing.

In 2019, 72% of all Upshur County informally resolved protests were commercial / other.

Upshur CAD Informal Settlements

Upshur County Appraisal District cannot require an informal hearing. Most property owners attempt to settle in the informal hearing. In some cases, they agree to the initial value after seeing the appraisal district’s evidence.

This means that they stop their journey to protest right there. However, there is more that property owners can do. By settling at the informal hearing, a property owner is waiving their right to continue the property tax appeal. Property owners not satisfied with the offer at the informal hearing can continue to the appraisal review board hearing, and even to a district court lawsuit

Resulted in Reduction Through Informal Process Upshur CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Number 0.400 0.248 0.305 0.485 0.292 0.456 0.243 0.214 0.953 1.429 0
Single Family 0.140 0.093 0.060 0.213 0.057 0.181 0.116 0.108 0.433 0.947 0.332
Commercial / Other 0.260 0.155 0.223 0.272 0.235 0.275 0.127 0.106 0.520 0.482 0.476

Texas property owners should protest annually since It is the world’s safest wager. No cost and a 60% chance of savings annually.

Upshur County Informal Hearing Reductions

Upshur County Appraisal District accounts that received a reduction at the informal hearing are illustrated below. Informal resolution rates vary sharply from county to county.

In 2019, out of 456 total hearings that resulted in reduction, 40% were single family home owners.

Percent That Resulted in A ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Percent
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Number 43.380% 41.400% 42.540% 36.630% 33.110% 43.590% 21.890% 24.680% 40.620% 62.870% 0
Single Family 93.330% 94.900% 85.710% 91.810% 51.820% 62.410% 45.850% 40.600% 54.130% 80.050% 82.380%
Commercial / Other 33.680% 30.940% 34.470% 24.910% 30.440% 36.380% 14.820% 17.640% 33.640% 44.220% 37.040%

Texas property owners should protest annually since Errors in the appraisal districts records for your property often artificially inflate YOUR property taxes.

Upshur County % of Informal Hearings with Reduction

Upshur County Appraisal District makes massive adjustments to the total values during the informal hearing process for both residential and commercial. Given the large reductions in tax assessments and property tax values it is surprising more home owners do not appeal.

A large portion of Upshur County property tax appeals for houses were settled at the informal hearing. Upshur homeowners settled 51.82% of the 2018 property tax protests at the informal hearing with a reduction in property taxes. Statewide, homeowners settled property tax appeals at the informal hearing with a reduction of 75% of 2018 property tax protests.

$ Value Reduction From Informal ProcessSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Billions of $
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
$ Reduction Total 0.0168 0.0095 0.0175 0.0156 0.0215 0.0158 0.0080 0.0082 0.0383 0.0595 0.0284
$ Reduction Single Family 0.0041 0.0029 0.0044 0.0026 0.0014 0.0035 0.0024 0.0032 0.0127 0.0286 0.0078
$ Value Commercial / Other 0.0127 0.0066 0.0131 0.0130 0.0201 0.0124 0.0057 0.0050 0.0257 0.0309 0.0206

Texas property owners should protest annually since Property taxes are the only type that can be negotiated based on subjective factors and judgment.

Upshur County Appraisal District $ Value Reduction From Informal Process

In 2019, Upshur County made up 0.02% of all reduced property taxes from informal hearings statewide. ($63 billion statewide)

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