Real Estate Tax Appeal:

The professionals at CPTA begin by conducting an physical review of your land and buildings.  We carefully measure and record all the pertinent data needed to establish our opinion of the replacement cost value of your property.  We have many years of experience recognizing the various forms of obsolescence depreciation and have a proven history of quantifying and applying it to property assessments.

We also conduct an exhaustive review of comparable property in your area relative to your particular industry.  This allows us to determine if your assessment is fair and equitable in relation to similiar properties in your city or town.

In many cases, we analyze your financial records to determine an income based assessment valuation.  This is extremely important in that the value of many types of property is based heavily on the financial return it provides the investor.  We have a great deal of experience with income analysis and valuation.  This approach to value is an effective tool for successful property tax appeals. 

Once we have completed our exhaustive assessment of your real estate, we compare it to the valuation determined by the local assessor and determine what appeal method is best for your situation.  Our staff has filed thousands of tax protests over the last 17 years and has experience at every level of the appeal process, whether it be township, county or state.  Over 90% of the appeals we file are successful and we obtain tax refunds in more than half our cases.

Since we work solely on a contigent fee basis, you won't pay us a fee if we dont reduce your taxes.

Personal Property Tax Consulting:

CPTA will assign a tax specialist to meet with you and retrieve your personal property tax returns and fixed asset ledgers.

We  complete a detailed reconciliation of your fixed assets to the tax returns to determine if you qualify for any additional exemptions, depreciation or reclassification of assets.  We also analyze your machinery and equipment for abnormal depreciation that you may be entitled to.  We are very effective in streamlining personal property returns.

Once the review is completed, we will meet with you and provide a detailed recommendation of what changes we advise.  After your approval, we begin the appeal process.

It is likely that your controller or CPA has more important duties to perform for you than a detailed, line by line analysis of your fixed assets.  Let the professionals at CPTA help, it's all we do...and of course, if there are no savings, there is no fee.