I have filed property tax protests with Tarrant County every year for more than a decade, and I represented myself throughout the process for most of those years. However, due to an increase in my business, I've hired a company to represent me for the last couple of years. That company is Atlantis Tax Management. We are not officially affiliated with them, but I have been pleased with the results.
I am not an attorney, so this entire post is only my own experience and my own opinion. It is not legal advice. With that said, regarding the deadline for filing a protest, it seems TAD likes to get people to file their protests as early as possible, but state law allows you to wait until May 31 to file a property tax protest. This article addresses that issue. I personally feel that it's better to file property tax protests as late in May as you can.
We've offered a Tax Protest Class at DFW REI Club for many years, and we plan to do so again sometime next month. If you want to file a protest on or before May 2, that's fine, but I don't believe it's to your personal advantage to do so. It would take too much text here to explain why, but, if you'd like to give me a call at 817-300-1132, order the video of last year's Tax Protest Class, or just wait for our Tax Protest event next month, I'll be happy to share the whole story.
Thanks,
Robin
Ps. The President of Atlantis Tax Management, Vince Menard, was my co-instructor at our Tax Protest Class in 2015.
