Success Story: Property Taxes lowered by $200,000

We had great news this week again in that a property owner we helped last December just got word that the Sacramento County Assessor has agreed with our opinion of value for his property. They had previously assessed his Elk Grove home for 2009 property taxes at $945,000, but we provided support to show his assessed value should be at $750,000. The Assessor’s office agreed!!! This means the home owner will receive a refund check around $2,000 because he overpaid on property taxes in 2009.

This particular home owner contacted us literally a couple of days before the deadline to dispute property taxes last year. It’s a good thing he reached out to us. Otherwise that $2,000 check would never be coming his way.

As a side note, when an appeal is filed and the Assessor ends up agreeing with the appeal, they’ll send you a “Tax Change Withdrawal of Application for Changed Assessment.” Basically this means they are asking you to formally agree to the new opinion of assessed value and simultaneously withdraw your appeal. Usually home owners we help have some questions here because nobody wants to sign something they are unfamiliar with, but we tell people to sign off if the value looks good. There is no reason to keep the appeal in process or pursue an appeals hearing if the Assessor has already agreed with the accurate value we presented to them.

We’ve had so many stories like this and we expect many more for 2010 property taxes. Let us know if you have any questions. If it looks like the Assessor has valued your property too high, we are glad to help you. We are honest and we do a good job. Call us at 916.595.3735 or email info@SacramentoTaxAppeals.com.