Protest Victoria Property Tax - Reduction from Lawsuits $1.56 MM / Year
Victoria County property tax reduction from lawsuits total over $1.56 MM per year. Just in 2021, property owners filed 27 lawsuits appealing the ARB value and settled 5 lawsuits. The total value Victoria County of accounts settled in 2021 was $133 million and the settlements reduced property tax assessments by $11 billion. Tax savings by category are as follows: single family - $3.33 million; multifamily - $102.59 million; commercial / BPP - $181.98 million; industrial - $9.73 million, utilities - $75,470, oil & gas - $0 and "other categories" - $15.72 million. The cases settled in 2021 had a reduction in 94% 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 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 10.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 |
| By Agreed Judgment | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| By Court Judgment or Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
Texas property owners should protest annually since An annual appeal is an insurance policy to avoid major increases.
Victoria County Judicial Appeal Resolutions
Victoria County Central Appraisal District 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 Victoria County Central Appraisal District totaled 3 in 2014 versus 5 in 2021.
Victoria CAD Judicial Appeal Resolution Summary
Victoria County Central Appraisal district judicial appeals are almost always resolved. 100% of the settlements were by agreed judgment, indicating an informal settlement with a reduction.
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 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
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
Victoria County Central Appraisal District 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 Victoria County Central Appraisal District.
Victoria County CAD settled judicial appeals with an ARB value of $133 million in 2021 versus cases with an ARB value of $14.86 million in 2014, a 100% increase. The assessed value reduction achieved through judicial appeals was $57.90 million, reducing their property taxes by an estimated $1.56 million .
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 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Single Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commercial | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| All Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 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?
Victoria County Taxpayer Value Reduction
from Judicial Appeals
Victoria County property owners are often able to further reduce the ARB value by about 10% with a judicial appeal. The total amount Victoria County and other property owners are able to reduce taxable values is large.
Judicial appeal settlements with Victoria County Central Appraisal District generated total assessment reductions of $57.90 million, allocated: 1) $87,140 to home owners, 2) $0 to apartment owners and 3) $1.55 million 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 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.63 | 1.22 | 1.77 | 1.18 | 0.58 |
| Single Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-Family | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Commercial | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.50 |
| All Other | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 0 |
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.
Victoria CAD Property Tax Reduction from Judicial Appeals
Victoria County property owners generated property tax savings totaling $1.56 million in 2021 as a result of judicial appeals with Victoria County CAD. Property tax savings included $2,353 for home owners, $0 for apartment owners and $41,915 for commercial property owners.