Travis Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
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- O’Connor’s aggressive approach to property tax protests uses every avenue available including informal hearings, Appraisal Review Board (ARB) hearings, binding arbitration, SOAH (State Office of Administrative Hearing) and coordinating judicial appeals.
- Based on conducting millions of tax appeals throughout Texas, we have developed an in-depth understanding of what is needed to reduce your property taxes.
- O’Connor develops an extensive file for each property tax protest, often 50 to 100 pages of evidence regarding both market value and unequal appraisal. Our proprietary software tailors the evidence to a format the appraisal district prefers.
- O’Connor has the experience and expertise necessary to assemble uneven appraisal data and sales to satisfy the guidelines set by the Travis Central Appraisal District (CAD) and Travis County Appraisal Review Board (ARB).
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- Simple, online enrollment in just minutes, or call us at 713.290.9700 if you prefer.
- No fees ever unless we reduce your property taxes, not even a nickel. We promise.
- Aggressive property tax consultants with hundreds of years collective experience. We understand the people and process to negotiate lower property taxes for you. Our interests are properly aligned. We never, ever get paid unless you reduce your property taxes.
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Travis Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearing results are displayed below :
- In comparison to the $409 million total property tax reductions in 2022, Travis County property owners saved $683 million in 2023. In 2023, Travis County property owners protested the taxable value of 180,960 accounts.
- In Travis County, 82% of informal protests and 91% of formal protests made with the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) were successful in 2023.
- In ARB property tax protests, homeowners saved $263 million, while informally, $23 million was saved at Travis CAD.
- Approximately 36% of Travis County property parcels were disputed in 2021; this percentage essentially rose to 38% in 2023.
- The number of protests in Travis CAD went down to 141 thousand in 2021, but it steadily increased to 181 thousand in 2023.
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1,148
Average Travis Tax Savings
Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
Residential Property
416
Commercial Property
4,050
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
2023 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
Travis -
Street Address:
8314 Cross Park Dr. Austin, TX 78754-5195 -
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 149012 Austin, TX 78714-9012 -
Phone:
512-834-9317
Major Cities:
Austin, Del Valley, Garfield, Jollyville, Jonestown, Lago Vista, Lakeway, Manchaca, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills
Travis County Texas totals 1,023 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 1,290,188. Adjacent counties include Williamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Blanco, and Burnet. The total market value of real property and personal property in Travis County in 2020 was $282,000,000,000. Travis County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $5,000,000,000 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Travis County property owners protested the noticed value for 86,690 houses and 37,420 commercial and BPP properties. Travis County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 62% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Travis Central results in savings of $916,430,000 in 2020, or $7,384 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Travis was $20,190,000 including 129 employees.
Travis Property Tax Values