Changes made by the 2013 Texas legislature provides that appraisal review board members can be fired based on clear and convincing evidence of repeated bias were misconduct. This is an excellent change … Read more

Harris County appraisal District for at least eight years has been presenting evidence regarding unequal appraisal for commercial properties that we strongly believe is generated with the intention of reaching a predetermined … Read more

Requiring the Texas Comptroller to annually issue a report card for each appraisal review board is considered an excellent change. Human nature is such that people want to be well regarded both … Read more

Requiring the appraisal review board members to take a class annually is an excellent idea. The Texas Tax Code is quite friendly to Texas taxpayers. The problem is that appraisal districts and … Read more

The Tax Code has required that appraisal review board members swear an oath to God to follow the Tax Code. Nonetheless, the reality is that the appraisal districts pay the appraisal review … Read more

This change to the Texas Tax Code is simply an attempt to clearly state what has been the law of the land for at least 20 years; that the appraisal district can’t … Read more

The Texas Tax Code had been clear that the property owner’s representative only needed to present the appointment of agent at the hearing. About six years ago, there was a change that … Read more

This change really addresses two key issues: 1) giving a decision for each issue protested separately and 2) deliberating orally. In the past, appraisal review board often gave only one value and … Read more

Texas Tax Code section 41.66 (titled hearing procedures) has long provided clear rules for the hearings. It includes the right to obtain testimony from witnesses and to cross examine witnesses. However, within … Read more

Forum shopping is a game attorneys have played successfully for years. The first iteration is to pick the ideal county to file a lawsuit. The ideal county is one where the judges … Read more