Contest your property tax assessment with evidence that holds up.
Your assessed value is a mass-appraisal estimate, and estimates run high. TaxFightBack turns your assessment, recent comparable sales, and your county's appeal deadline into one organized, board-ready case you file yourself.
Three things decide an appeal, and most homeowners meet the third one too late.
A number you can live with starts with knowing what actually moves it: what the county says your home is worth, what the evidence says, and the deadline that closes the whole thing. Here is how the three stack, and who decides each.
Assessed value vs. market value
Assessments are set by mass appraisal, a model run across thousands of homes at once, so yours can sit above what your specific house would actually sell for. We show where your assessed value lands against real sales, never a number we invent.
Comparable sales and uniformity
Recent sales of similar homes, adjusted for size, age, condition, and date, are the core of any appeal. Some states also weigh uniformity: comparable homes assessed for less than yours. We assemble the comps and the framework, not a guessed value.
Informal review, then the board
Most counties start with an informal review by the assessor, then a formal appeal to a review or equalization board, each behind a hard filing deadline that varies by county. Miss the window and you usually wait a full year.
One appeal packet, built around your property, your comps, and your county.
Answer a short intake about your address, county, and current assessment. The packet assembles the argument for exactly that property, plus everything your county expects to see, organized the way a review board reads it.
- Intake axisaddress + county + assessment
- Evidencecomparable sales, adjusted
- Formatappeal letter + evidence table + filing guide
- Deliveryinstant, after checkout
Heading to a hearing? Premium Appeal ($79) adds a full hearing prep guide and board-question walkthrough.
Your home's real market value is the anchor of the whole case.
The packet lines your assessment up against recent sales of homes like yours, the same comparison a review board weighs, so you argue from evidence instead of frustration.
Built for the people actually paying the bill.
We never tell you what your home is worth or promise a number. We assemble the comparable sales and let the evidence carry the argument.
Every comp and every deadline points back to a public record and your county's own process, so you can verify each one at the source.
TaxFightBack is an independent self-help publisher, not a law firm, appraiser, or your assessor. We help you prepare your own appeal and make no promises about the outcome.
Every one-time purchase is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. TaxFightBack is a new publisher, so we do not show customer reviews yet; the cards above describe how the packet is built, not testimonials.
Every kind of over-assessment, one organized case.
Just got reassessed
Your assessment jumped and the number does not match what your street is selling for.
Recent buyers
The county assessed your home above what you actually paid for it.
Long-time owners
You have never checked, and years of automatic increases have added up.
Landlords
Several properties, each worth reviewing before its county deadline.
Assessed values, comparable sales, and appeal outcomes genuinely vary by property and by county. A site that hands you a confident “you will save $X” number it made up is how homeowners file weak appeals. Where a fact is specific to your property, we hand you the evidence and the framework to argue it, never a guarantee.
TaxFightBack is an independent self-help publisher, not a law firm, appraiser, or tax advisor. We help you prepare and file your own appeal, and we make no promises about the result.
The deadline to appeal your current assessment.
Your county assessor or Board of Review.
“What is the deadline to appeal my [year] assessment, and is an informal review required first?”
Four tools that tell you where you stand today.
Assessment Analyzer
See whether your assessment looks high, from your address.
Comparable Sales Finder
Pull recent comparable sales near your property.
Savings Calculator
See how your bill moves if your assessed value drops.
Appeal Deadline Finder
Find your county's appeal window before it closes.
Questions people ask before they start.
How much can I save?
What states does this work in?
Do I need to attend a hearing?
What if my appeal is denied?
How are comps selected?
See where your assessment stands, in two minutes.
Start free with your address. See how your assessed value compares to real sales, then build the full packet when you are ready to file.