Texas owners have the unrestricted right to protest their property taxes once every year in May.   But, contrary to popular belief, the season doesn’t end until January 31 of the following year. And it’s not limited to the current year. You can also protest prior years’ property taxes.

Carol Keeton Strayhorn, former Texas Comptroller, called the right to protest property taxes “one of the most important rights” Texans enjoy.

Since Texas has no income tax, property taxes constitute the largest source of income for state and local governments — and a significant burden on residential and commercial property owners.

In this blog we’ll show you how to protest your own property taxes — and to avoid many of the errors that taxpayers make when representing themselves — or how to hire a consultant who is registered or licensed by the State of Texas.

We’ll start with Five Free Tips to Do It Yourself; they are worth reading whether you file your own protest or use a consultant.

Then we’ll follow up with posts that are informative and, we hope, helpful either way.

Our posts will be relevant — no “blah blah” for the sake of posting something new each week — and timely so we hope you will return often and, if you feel the urge, leave us a comment. We;ll do our best to return the compliment.