You’ve done it. You’ve reviewed your property tax appeal assessments, determined what to appeal, and filed. Now, you need to have the systems and processes in place to manage all of the appeal documentation, dates, notes, and other property tax tracking data. Are you feeling confident in your appeal management strategy?
Property tax tracking software can help you manage the entire property tax appeal process, including keeping track of important dates, estimating tax savings, and logging refunds, offsets, and fees. To help you make sure nothing slips through the cracks, we’ve consolidated three components of an effective property tax appeal management process.
Of course, the first step is to determine which assessments to appeal and file accordingly. While we won’t cover that here, you can check out our blog post on leveraging technology to identify property tax appeal opportunities for helpful tips and resources.
There are three key components to effective property tax tracking and management:
We’ve gone into more detail on each of these points below.
While it varies by organization, there are key items that should be tracked regarding your property tax appeals. Below are some key property tax tracking data points:
While this list is not exhaustive, it’s important to remember that each appeal has a considerable amount of property tax tracking information and appeal data.
Once you have your property tax appeal data organized, it’s time to move on to estimating tax savings. You’ll want to make sure your property tax tracking is careful here, too, as accuracy is critical for measuring the performance and outcomes of your appeals, as well as setting go-forward budgets and forecasts.
To get a sense of all possible outcomes, you’ll likely want to run the numbers for various scenarios, such as your expected and final/settled case.
Once an appeal decision has been made, you’ll want to make sure you log relevant information:
Ideally, you’re using a software like itamlink so that data can be accessed by team members who need it, as well as be used in future projections, appeal decisions and payment of fees to third parties (noted above).
Appealing your assessments is an important aspect of your property tax management strategy. While appeals inherently have a lot of dates, data, and documentation to keep in order, an integrated software solution can streamline the appeal management process and make sure you maximize your portfolio value. Tools like itamlink come equipped with property tax tracking capabilities, to track dates and deadlines, conduct cost savings analyses, and easily manage fees, refunds, and offsets.
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