The Fulton County Board of Assessors mails an Annual Notice of Assessment every year. You have 45 days from the date on it.
β Sales-Led Cases β recent comparable sales from Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell and the rest of the county
β Form PT-311A, Filled In β built for the Fulton County Board of Assessors
β Tax Consultant Reviewed β a pro checks your case before you file
β $129 Per Property β flat, per tax year. Georgia charges no filing fee.
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The Fulton County Board of Assessors mails an Annual Notice of Assessment every year. You have 45 days from the date on it.
β Sales-Led Cases β recent comparable sales from Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell and the rest of the county
β Form PT-311A, Filled In β built for the Fulton County Board of Assessors
β Tax Consultant Reviewed β a pro checks your case before you file
β $129 Per Property β flat, per tax year. Georgia charges no filing fee.
Fulton County values more than 300,000 parcels a year, from Atlanta bungalows to Alpharetta new builds, and it does it with automated mass appraisal models. Those models work on averages. They do not walk your street, look at your kitchen, or notice that the house behind you backs onto GA 400.
Georgia assesses at 40% of fair market value (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-7). That ratio is fixed statewide, so an appeal in Fulton County is never an argument about the 40%. It is an argument about the fair market value the county put underneath it.
Your Annual Notice of Assessment carries a notice date in the upper corner. You have 45 days from that date to appeal to the Fulton County Board of Assessors (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-311). Not 45 days from when you opened the envelope. In the 2026 cycle Fulton mailed in mid-June and set the deadline at July 31 β but the date printed on your own notice is the one that governs.
Miss it and the value stands for the year. There is no late appeal in Georgia the way there is a "good cause" exception in some states.
Fulton is one of the most uneven housing markets in the state. A mass appraisal model that leans on sales from a stronger pocket of Buckhead can carry that number across a neighborhood line into a very different market. Interior condition, deferred maintenance, a busy road, a difficult lot β none of it shows up in an automated valuation unless someone puts it in front of the assessors.
Roughly 30% to 60% of properties nationally are over-assessed. Only about 5% of owners ever challenge it.
Georgia lets you appeal on market value β the county's number is higher than what the property would sell for β or on uniformity, meaning comparable properties are assessed lower than yours. In front of a Board of Equalization, recent sales carry the case. We lead with sales and hold uniformity in reserve.
Under O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-299(c), when an appeal changes your value, that new value is generally frozen for the next two tax years. A reduction won this year keeps paying, with limited exceptions such as substantial improvements to the property.
We pull recent sales from MLS and public records, compare them against the fair market value on your Fulton County notice, and show you the gap and what it saves per year. You get the comparable sales, your completed Form PT-311A, an assessor negotiation script, Board of Equalization talking points, and a tax consultant review. $129 per property, per tax year. You file it yourself, and Georgia charges nothing to file.
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Step 1: Read the notice date.
Your Annual Notice of Assessment arrives from the Fulton County Board of Assessors, usually in June. Find the notice date in the upper corner β your 45 days start there.
Step 2: Check the fair market value, not the tax figure.
The notice shows a fair market value and a 40% assessed value. Your appeal argues the fair market value is too high.
Step 3: Build the sales case.
Pull recent sales of genuinely comparable homes near yours. TaxDrop One does this from MLS and public records and shows you the supportable value.
Step 4: File Form PT-311A.
Submit online at fultonassessor.org, by mail, or in person before the 45 days expire. State your grounds β market value, uniformity, or both.
Step 5: The assessors respond.
Fulton reviews your evidence and either adjusts the value or sends the appeal forward. Many cases end here.
Step 6: Board of Equalization.
If the county does not move, a three-member panel of local property owners hears your case. Bring your comparable sales, organized.
Step 7: The freeze.
If the value comes down through the appeal, O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-299(c) generally holds it for the following two tax years.
Key Dates
Filing Fee
What You File
Where It Goes
Assessment Basis
Official resources:
A: 45 days from the date printed on your Annual Notice of Assessment (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-311). Fulton typically mails in June β in the 2026 cycle notices went out mid-June and the deadline was July 31, 2026. Always work from the date on your own notice, not a calendar date you read somewhere.
A: No. There is no filing fee to appeal to the Fulton County Board of Assessors or to the Board of Equalization. TaxDrop One costs $129 per property, per tax year, and that is the whole cost.
A: That is Georgia's statewide assessment ratio (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-7). Every property in the state is assessed at 40% of fair market value, then taxed at the local millage rate. An appeal challenges the fair market value, not the 40%.
A: Usually market value. Georgia allows both, but recent comparable sales are the strongest evidence a Board of Equalization sees. We lead with sales and keep uniformity as a secondary argument.
A: Generally yes. Under O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-299(c), a value set through appeal is frozen for the following two tax years, with limited exceptions such as substantial improvements to the property. That is why one Fulton County appeal can be worth three years of savings.
A: A Georgia appeal is a review of fair market value, and the board can in principle set a value higher than the notice. In practice that is rare when the case is built on solid comparable sales, and TaxDrop One tells you before you file whether the sales actually support a reduction. If they do not, we say so.
A: Online through the Fulton County Board of Assessors at fultonassessor.org, by mail, or in person at the Board of Assessors office. Online is the fastest and gives you a tracked submission.
A: TaxDrop One is self-guided β you file your own PT-311A. We supply the comparable sales, the completed form, the negotiation script, the Board of Equalization talking points, and a tax consultant review of your case.
A: Yes. TaxDrop One works for homeowners, landlords and investors across Fulton County, including rental property in Atlanta, East Point and College Park. Non-homestead property has no floating homestead protection, so an inflated value hits the return directly.
A: Then the value stands for that tax year β Georgia has no good-cause late filing. Run your estimate now so the case is built and the PT-311A is ready the day next year's notice lands.
A: Enter your Fulton County address at TaxDrop.com. You will see the estimated gap between your notice value and what recent sales support before you pay anything.