This information is applicable to homeowners who bought their property in the last year.

• If the assessment is very high compared to purchase price you can do express-review with wcad(Williamson Central Appraisal District).
  • When you submit for express review, they will adjust the assessment based on purchase price.
  • The next step is to accept their assessment. If you do this, you are basically agreeing to their assessment and can’t protest online.
  • If you think, you might get a better assessment by protesting online, you shouldn’t accept their assessment.
• On the other hand, if the assessment is not very high compared to purchase price, your best bet is to do online-protest.

If you closed you home in 2019 or before you probably anyways have HomeStead protection which caps the assessment increase by 10%. online-protest is still a good idea. If you never did a online-protest, you should explore that possibility.