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Jonathan Kutner

Welcome to your site for property tax savings!

Hello, I'm Jonathan Kutner, licensed by the State of Texas to protest your property's taxable value to your local Appraisal Review Board. For more than 23 years I've helped Texans reduce their property taxes. This year I would like to do the same for you.

Testimonials

  • Houston 77056

    I Saved $ 7,800 total. Three consecutive years!

    Henry Havre, Partner
    Andrews Kurth LLC
    Houston 77056

  • Lakeshore Dr, Dallas

    I Saved $3,500 in 2009.

    Rob Milbank, Esq.
    Lakeshore Drive, Dallas

  • Houston 77019

    I Saved $7,000.

    Donald Chalmers, DDS
    3200 block Inwood Road
    Houston 77019

  • Michael Lowenberg

    "I saved $2,100 in property taxes."

    Michael Lowenberg, Esq.
    General Counsel
    Gardere, Wynn, Sewell, Dallas

  • Robertson

    "I saved $1,400 in 2009 and $1,100 in 2008."

    Jon Mark Robertson, PRG Realty Partners Dallas

  • Jeremy Halbreich

    "My wife and I have saved $11,000!"

    Jeremy Halbreich
    Chmn, Amercomm LLC Dallas

  • Robert Sullivan

    "I saved $1,300."

    Robert Sullivan, Partner
    Sullivan & Cook, LLC
    Zip: 75205

  • 2800 Block Shelby Av

    Saved $6,900

    2800 Block Shelby Av
    Uptown Dallas
    Sterling Designs Builders

  • 1500 Block Slocum St.

    Saved $6,000

    1500 Block Slocum St.
    Dallas Design District
    Janell Company LP

  • 3600 Block Euclid Ave.

    Saved $1,551

    3600 Block Euclid Ave.
    Highland Park

  • 6300 Block Lafayette Way

    Saved $6,188

    6300 Block Lafayette Way
    Dallas 75230
    Miars Custom Homes

Get a Head Start!

You can benefit from Early Registration four ways:

  • Earn a discount on our standard flat fee (and NO PERCENTAGE of your savings) by registering during our March Madness Sale. Sign Up
  • Ensure that you will be represented... The appraisal district may not send you a Value Notice but you'll still have good reason to protest. (See “Why Protest?”, below.). We'll make sure you do. Sign Up
  • Get a seasoned professional to represent you. A 2009 study in Austin reported that in 2009 of those who filed their own protest 22% achieved a value reduction while 78% did not. Of those who were represented 79.7% achieved a reduction. Self filers' reductions averaged 3.3% of value; others averaged 8.03% of value. Sign Up
  • Get the best representation available. Guaranteed. We'll have time to do the best job for you before the protest season starts rather than during the height of the season. You'll get the best representation available.Sign Up

2010 is the Year!

If ever there was a year to protest your taxable values . . .

  • "It's the Economy, Stupid" Part One -- In 2010 for the first time the Property Tax Code acknowledges foreclosures and neighborhood decline as relevant to value.. "In determining value . . . the chief appraiser may not exclude from consideration the value of other . . . property in the same neighborhood because... the market value has declined because of the declining economy, or... it was sold at foreclosure..."
  • "It's the Economy, Stupid" Part Two -- values appear ready to bottom out. It's time to reduce your property's taxable value before it's too late...
  • By Code comparable sales can now go back 24 months. Previously, Appraisal Review Boards allowed sales back only fifteen months. Wider latitude creates more opportunity for reductions.

Why Protest?

Paper Rocket

The short answer is to ensure you pay only your fair share, not more.

  • Is your Value Over Market? Chances are it is. Appraisal districts tend to follow the market up more diligently than they follow it down.
  • Avoid "value creep". It's what happens over time when small increases are ignored or your property's taxable value doesn't follow the market down. Like black mold, it can grow without notice and it's best nipped early.
  • Inequality of Appraisal – you won’t get the reduction unless you protest. Whole neighborhoods qualify under the districts' mass appraisal techniques. Those neighbors who protest get it, those who don't don't.
  • Qualify for Arbitration. Your odds in Arbitration are even more favorable than at the Appraisal Review Board.
  • It's risk free. In 2010 the Property Tax Code provides the chief appraiser may not increase your market value in the year following a successful protest "unless the increase is supported by substantial evidence." The burden of proof is on the chief appraiser. Savings this year are likely to last more than one year and future increases, if any, will be from a lower base.
    • So . . . why not protest? It's a no lose proposition. You'll pay only your fair share of Texas property taxes, not more. Guaranteed.