Hunt Property Tax Protest ARB Tax Savings over $2.37 MM in 2021
Hunt County Appraisal District property tax protests not settled informally are heard by the county appraisal review board. Hunt owners saved a total of $662 million in 2021 in tax protests, including savings $384 million in protests settled informally and $277 million in ARB protests. In a typical year, about 70 to 90% of protests are successful. The only way to lose is to not file a protest. They can't raise your value due to a protest; it can only be reduced. Claim your fair share of property tax savings by enrolling in the Property Tax Protection Program (TM). No flat fees. Pay only if you save that year. No upfront costs. Simple 3 step program: 1) enroll, 2) relax and 3) save.
Protests with Written ARB DeterminationSource: 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 protests | 0.540 | 0.296 | 0.390 | 0.341 | 0.518 | 1.048 | 1.095 | 1.141 | 1.806 | 1.863 | 2.567 | |
| Protests single family residential | 0.134 | 0.084 | 0.174 | 0.163 | 0.302 | 0.545 | 0.497 | 0.448 | 0.962 | 0.697 | 1.326 | |
| Protests with all other | 0.406 | 0.212 | 0.216 | 0.178 | 0.216 | 0.503 | 0.598 | 0.693 | 0.844 | 1.166 | 1.241 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since Hearing results depend on the appraiser assigned or the ARB; results vary widely. You do not know the appraiser or ARB panel prior to appealing.
Hunt County Protests with Written ARB Determination
Hunt County property owners have the right to appeal their property taxes to the Hunt County Appraisal Review Board annually. It does not matter if the value increased, was unchanged or was reduced. You can protest based on market value and unequal appraisal. There is no cost to file a property tax protest and the ARB cannot raise your value at the hearing.
The graphs illustrate both residential and commercial (other) volumes.
Hunt County property owners had appraisal review board hearings for 1,141 property tax protests, out of a total of 7,240 tax protests. Hence, 99% of Hunt County protests proceeded to an ARB hearings. Home owners accounted for 448 of the ARB hearings.
Hunt CAD Protests by Property Type
Hunt County Appraisal District is typical in that it has more residential than commercial ARB hearings. This is because such a large portion of the parcels are homes. While the Hunt County ARB hearings are about two-thirds residential, about two-thirds of the savings are commercial.
In other words, though there are more residential protests, commercial property protests generate larger property tax savings. There are two reasons for this: 1) commercial properties tend to have a higher value and 2) the percentage reduction for commercial is higher since valuation of commercial properties is more subjective than valuation of homes.
Hunt County ARB Decisions with a ReductionSource: 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 | 0.457 | 0.136 | 0.147 | 0.171 | 0.238 | 0.531 | 0.596 | 0.660 | 0.825 | 0.990 | 0.843 | |
| Single Family Residential | 0.098 | 0.052 | 0.074 | 0.093 | 0.170 | 0.376 | 0.310 | 0.244 | 0.295 | 0.345 | 0.408 | |
| Commercial / All Other | 0.359 | 0.084 | 0.073 | 0.078 | 0.068 | 0.155 | 0.286 | 0.416 | 0.530 | 0.645 | 0.435 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since An annual appeal is an insurance policy to avoid major increases.
Hunt County ARB Decisions with a Reduction
Hunt County has more successful ARB hearings for residential than for commercial. This is because of the prevalence of residential accounts. About half of ARB appeals are successful, depending on the county.
Home owners accounted for 448 of the ARB hearings, accounting for 39% of the total 2021 Hunt County ARB protest hearings.
Percent That Resulted in A ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Total Reduction | 85% | 46% | 38% | 50% | 46% | 51% | 54% | 58% | 46% | 53% | 33% | |
| Single Family Residential | 73% | 62% | 43% | 57% | 56% | 69% | 62% | 54% | 31% | 49% | 31% | |
| Commercial / All Other | 88% | 40% | 34% | 44% | 31% | 31% | 48% | 60% | 63% | 55% | 35% | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To ensure their property taxes are at the lowest possible level.
Percent That Resulted in A Reduction
Here is a graph of the Hunt County ARB decisions for residential and commercial showing what percent resulted in a reduction.
In Hunt in 2021, there were 693 ARB hearings for home owners and 660 for commercial property owners. Home owners won a reduction in 54% of the Hunt ARB hearings while commercial / other property owners won a reduction in 60% of their hearings.
Value Reduction From Written ARB DeterminationsSource: 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 | ||
| Total $ Reduction | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.027 | 0.057 | 0.088 | 0.184 | 0.242 | 0.300 | |
| Single Family Residential | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.016 | 0.088 | 0.159 | |
| Commercial / All Other | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.020 | 0.052 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 0.154 | 0.141 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since Unequal appraisal allows protests based on neighbors having a better tax assessment.
Hunt CAD Dollar Value Reduction from ARB Hearings
Hunt County property owners challenged the value set by Hunt County Appraisal District at the ARB in 1,141 cases. The ARB agreed reduction was appropriate in 660, or 58% of the hearings.