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Georgia mails an Annual Notice of Assessment to every property owner each year, whether the value changed or not. That notice starts a clock.
You have 45 days from the date on the notice to appeal to your County Board of Tax Assessors. Miss it and the value stands for the year, so the date on the envelope matters more than the date you opened it.
Georgia assesses at 40% of fair market value (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-7). Your bill is that assessed value multiplied by the combined county, city and school millage rate.
Because the 40% ratio is fixed statewide, an appeal here is an argument about the fair market value underneath it β not about the ratio.
You can appeal on market value (the county's number is higher than what the property would sell for) or on uniformity (comparable properties are assessed lower than yours).
In Georgia the market-value ground usually carries the case. Sales are the strongest evidence a Board of Equalization sees, so that is what we lead with, and we hold uniformity in reserve.
We pull recent sales from MLS and public records, compare them against the value on your notice, and show you the gap. You get the comparable sales, the value we can support, and what it saves you per year.
Appeals go to the Board of Tax Assessors on Form PT-311A. If they do not resolve it, the case moves to the county Board of Equalization.
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. One successful appeal can be worth three years of savings.
TaxDrop One is $129 per property, per tax year. Georgia charges no filing fee to appeal.
We currently serve Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb and Chatham counties.
Georgia allows both a market value and a uniformity ground (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-311). We lead with market value, because recent sales are the strongest evidence a Board of Equalization sees, and hold uniformity in reserve.
Three arm's-length sales support a fair market value of $445,000:
The appeal challenges the fair market value, not the 40% ratio β that is fixed statewide (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-7). A $75,000 reduction in FMV moves the assessed value by $30,000.
One win is generally worth three years. Under O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-299(c), a value set through appeal is frozen for the next two tax years, with limited exceptions such as substantial improvements. The $1,167 is the annual figure β the freeze is what makes a Georgia appeal worth filing even on a modest gap.
45 days from the date on your Annual Notice of Assessment β not 45 days from when you received it. Georgia mails a notice every year even when your value has not changed, so the notice date is the one to work from.
Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb and Chatham. We are adding counties as we bring their assessment data online β if yours is not listed, we would rather tell you now than take your money.
Usually market value. Georgia allows both, but recent comparable sales are the strongest evidence in front of a Board of Equalization, so we lead with sales and keep uniformity as the backup argument.
That is Georgia's statewide assessment ratio (O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-7). Every property 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%.
Generally yes. O.C.G.A. Β§ 48-5-299(c) freezes a value set through appeal for the following two tax years, with limited exceptions such as substantial improvements to the property.
$129 per property, per tax year. Georgia charges no filing fee. See our pricing page.