Let Poconotaxappeal.com Help You!
We will provide you with a free consultation on your property and assessment and explain the assessment appeal process as well as the benefits to appealing your assessment/taxes.
What Separates Us from Our Competition & Why You Should Use Our Services
On Site Inspections
We perform on-site inspections of each and every property to be sure you receive any possible refund for an error in assessment and a reduction based on these errors.
Ask our competition if they will measure your home and check for inaccuracies.
You could be missing out on thousands of dollars in savings, reductions and refunds if a mistake in your assessment records goes unnoticed! Don’t take a chance make sure you have a thorough inspection of your property completed.
We Always Measure Your Home, Ask Our Competition if They Do
Most counties will come out and inspect your property to be sure there are no errors in their favor.
If you file an appeal on your home and the error in assessment works in their favor you could see an increase in your taxes instead of a reduction! If there is an error in your favor you may be entitled to a refund! Either way by using our service we can determine and advise what is best for you.
Don’t take that chance! We will measure your home to be sure you won’t see an increase based on an errors in their favor and find you savings and a refund if available!
Our Expertise
We have been performing assessment/tax appeals since 2006, which means we not only know what hurdles to expect but also how to jump over them.
If you decide to use our services you have hired a firm with a great deal of experience in completing assessment/tax appeals and we are aware of all the hurdles, pitfalls that come with the appeal process we will provide a professional appraisal report and expert testimony on your behalf.
Just Look at What Our Customers Have to Say
“Pocono Tax Appeal saved me saved me thousands of dollars in taxes!”
“Scott from Pocono Tax Appeal has saved my clients tens of thousands of dollars in the last few years!. I would recommend him to anyone.”
Why Look at Appealing My Assessment/Real Estate Taxes at All?
Real Estate Tax Refund
Evaluate the accuracy of your assessment as compared to your property:
Over many years of performing assessment appeals we have found property records in the assessment office to sometimes have small errors or significant errors. What these means to you. If we determine the assessment to be incorrect you may be entitled to a refund based on that error in assessment for up to six year of ownership or the length of time you have owned the home whichever is less. Example: Think about this if your real estate taxes are $5,000 per year and we find an error that results in a 15% change in assessment you may be entitled to receive that money for 6 years of ownership! That’s not just a reduction but a check written to you for $4,500!!! Believe it or not these errors in assessment are not that uncommon. I have seen refunds much higher than this!
Tax reduction
Market values in the Northeastern Pennsylvania have fallen from their highs in 2006 and 2007 while some areas are slowly seeing increases again many areas are plagued by foreclosures, high real estate taxes and low market values. Many homes are underwater and valued well below their original purchase price and even their mortgage. This is a sad situation; however, we are here to help. If we complete an appraisal on your home and find the assessed value to be higher than the market value using the predetermined ratio or common level ratio we will appear at your assessment hearing to testify and to present our findings in the appraisal report to help lower your assessment. Example: Again if you are paying $5,000 a year in taxes and our work results in a 30% tax reduction your first year savings alone will be $1,500. Your second year savings will be an additional $1,500 totaling $3,000. We have personally assisted in reductions of $5,000 to $6,000 and higher in the first year! This is not uncommon in certain counties as market values have declined so much that the assessed values are significantly higher than market value when using the predetermined ration or common level ratio.
Appealing your taxes may help sell your home
In our many years of experiencce performing tax/assessment appeals we have found there to be typically increases in market values and sales prices of homes that have had tax appeals in prior years. We know why! Prospective buyers are only willing to spend a certain amout of money when buying a home and evaluate the total cost of ownership of a home when determining if a property is right for them. These costs typically include mortgage, taxes and insurance. If the total cost of ownership is reduced by lowering the taxes the buyer can afford to spend more for a home. In my experience, I have completed assessment appeals of almost entire subdivisions and have found that increases of 10% to 15% or higher in those developments were not uncommon. Realtors will commonly come to me for assistance in appealing taxes on homes that are sitting on the market because they know the home will sell with lower taxes. Lower taxes can mean higher prices! I know you’re asking “where do I sign up?” Here is your opportunity to at no cost at least have a real estate professional review your property online. What is there to lose? Sign up for a free evaluation now!