Commercial property owners are well-advised to challenge the Gwinnett County property tax assessment especially when these are unfair in terms of value, uniformity, and taxability, the grounds for appeal. More often than not, challenging the tax assessment requires challenging the Office of the Tax Assessor’s market cap rate assumption. 

Taxpayers should know by now that the all personal property, real estate property, and mobile homes are subject to taxes, unless otherwise exempted, according to the rules and regulations implemented by the Hall County Tax Assessor.  But many taxpayers may not have the full information about the what and the who of these taxes are since many just accept the figures on their annual notice of assessment and pay the amount stated on their tax bill. 

An independent Gwinnett County property appraiser is not just a trained professional who provides an objective valuation of real and personal property. You will also find that the property appraiser is also a great source of information about property assessments, appeals, and taxes. 

When the Board of Assessors mails the Annual Notices of Assessment, taxpayers can determine whether a formal protest or appeal is necessary.  In case the assessed value on the property can be contested on one of three grounds, namely, value, taxability, and uniformity, then a Fulton property tax appeal can be filed. 

The DeKalb County property tax related annual notice of assessment arrives in the mail every year with its apparently inevitable annual increase.  While you can just accept it by budgeting for the expected annual increase in the final tax bill, you can also see it as an opportunity for tax reduction. 

Are you a senior citizen whose Gwinnett County property tax for the current year is becoming a burden? Are you looking for ways to reduce your property tax without giving up your home?

If you were to ask your fellow property owners many will say they would like to skip on the payment of the Hall County property tax. The tax is, after all, a financial obligation that can lessen their assets (i.e., cash).  But as a civic obligation, you should pay your property taxes on time considering that the money will be used for the delivery of basic services to your community. 

Many owners and developers of senior housing and assisted living facilities are faced with excessive capacity (i.e., the number of rooms available exceeds the number of actual rooms filled). But these individuals have to deal with the overly optimistic property valuation provided by the DeKalb County Tax Assessor, which means higher taxes on lower income. 

Whether the property owner likes it or not, the Fulton County Tax Assessor has an advantage where access to property assessment-related records are concerned.  Fortunately, you can make a few simple yet effective counterattack steps to balance out the scales, more or less.  Your welfare as a taxpayer is at stake here, particularly in terms of reduced property taxes, so appropriate action on your part is a must. 

You may be one of the taxpayers that believe the following Gwinnett County tax assessment myths to be true. Your belief in these myths may have worked against your favor, such as that a cap on property assessments will result in lower property taxes.  You should disabuse yourself, so to speak, of these myths so that you can make wiser decisions regarding your property taxes.