Protest Bell Property Tax - Reduction from Lawsuits $113 MM / Year
Bell County property tax reduction from lawsuits total over $113 MM per year. Just in 2021, property owners filed 68 lawsuits appealing the ARB value and settled 0 lawsuits. The total value Bell County of accounts settled in 2021 was $109 billion and the settlements reduced property tax assessments by $4 billion. Tax savings by category are as follows: single family - $0 million; multifamily - $105 million; commercial / BPP - $7 million; industrial - $0 million, utilities - $0, oil & gas - $0 and "other categories" - $0 million. The cases settled in 2021 had a reduction in 0% of the cases.
How the Judicial Appeals Were ResolvedSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
| Judicial Appeals | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Number of Judicial Appeals Resolved | 9.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 16.00 | 24.00 | 36.00 | 34.00 | 32.00 | 33.00 | 75.00 |
| By Agreed Judgment | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 13.00 | 21.00 | 11.00 | 19.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 50.00 |
| By Court Judgment or Other | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 25.00 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 25.00 |
Texas property owners should protest annually since An annual appeal is an insurance policy to avoid major increases.
Bell County Judicial Appeal Resolutions
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County judicial appeals are mostly resolved by settlement. The amount of market value subject to judicial appeals and the assessment reduction from judicial appeals are in the second and third graphs. The fourth graph shows actual tax savings by year by property type.
Judicial appeals settled with Bell County Tax Appraisal District totaled 9 in 2014 versus 0 in 2021.
BellCAD Judicial Appeal Resolution Summary
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County judicial appeals are almost always resolved. 0% of the settlements were by agreed judgment, indicating an informal settlement with a reduction. 0 cases were resolved by nonsuit, of the property owner dismissing the cases, accounting for 0% of 2021 judicial appeal resolutions. The odds favor the property owner.
Appraised Value (ARB) of Resolved Judicial AppealsSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
| Billions of $ | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Appraised Value (ARB) | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 0.82 |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To maintain their rights to appeal to or through the judicial appeal process. Owners must exhaust administrative options to pursue binding arbitration or a judicial appeal
Appraised Value (ARB) of Resolved Judicial Appeals
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County has substantial market value subject to a judicial appeal. For most counties, the amount of accounts with judicial appeals is in the hundreds of million or tens of billions. While the number of cases is small, the total dollars at stake is large. This graph shows the value of accounts resolved by year in judicial appeals by Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County.
Bell CAD settled judicial appeals with an ARB value of $109 million in 2021 versus cases with an ARB value of $32 million in 2014, a 100% increase. The assessed value reduction achieved through judicial appeals was $4 million, reducing their property taxes by an estimated $113,552 .
Value Reduction from Judicial AppealsSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
| Billions of $ | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Total Reduction from Judicial Appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Single Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Commercial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| All Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas property owners should protest annually since It is a responsibility of ownership. Large commercial owners generally appeal annually and obtain a reduction. Why should homeowners be excluded?
Bell County Taxpayer Value Reduction
from Judicial Appeals
Bell County property owners are often able to further reduce the ARB value by about 10% with a judicial appeal. The total amount Bell County and other property owners are able to reduce taxable values is large.
Judicial appeal settlements with Bell County Tax Appraisal District generated total assessment reductions of $4 million, allocated: 1) $0 to home owners, 2) $3 million to apartment owners and 3) $289,233 to commercial / BPP owners.
Tax Savings From Judicial AppealsSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
| Millions of $ | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Total Tax Reduction | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.56 |
| Single Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-Family | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.27 |
| Commercial | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.25 |
| All Other | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.04 |
Texas property owners should protest annually since The appraisal district uses inaccurate data, factors and an inaccurate model to estimate values. Half are too high and half too low; very few are just right. Even if you are under-valued on market value, you can appeal on unequal appraisal.
BellCAD Property Tax Reduction from Judicial Appeals
Bell County property owners generated property tax savings totaling $113,552 in 2021 as a result of judicial appeals with Bell CAD. Property tax savings included $0 for home owners, $105,743 for apartment owners and $7,809 for commercial property owners.