The Georgia Property Tax and Appeal Guide

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Georgia's General Assembly has been tinkering with the property tax laws and you need to stay current.

Georgia has a property tax return procedure for real estate much like many other states have strictly for personal property.

In this process you tell the tax assessor what you think your property is worth on the effective date of appraisal, which is January 1 of each year. The property tax return form, PT-50R is shown on the following page. If you do not submit this form to the county where your property is located then you have, in effect, submitted the tax assessor’s prior year value as your estimate of value or “returned value.”

If there have been any changes to your property, such as additions or demolitions, you will report this to your tax assessor’s office on this form. This is a way for the tax assessors to “discover” taxable property. If you get a building or demolition permit this is another way they can “discover” your taxable property value even if you do not submit this form. 

In this helpful guide, you will learn:

  • What is a real property tax return?
  • What are the forms used to return my property or appeal the value?
  • What are all of these different appeal options?
  • Are any of the appeal options free?

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