Hello and thank you for visiting our website. We hope it helps you to learn more about the Property Tax Reduction Services offered throughout Georgia by EQUITAX – Georgia’s leading property tax consulting firm. EQUITAX was formed specifically to manage and minimize the annual property tax liability of Commercial Property Owners, Real Estate Investors, Property Managers, Homeowners, and anyone subject to unfair, or inequitable, property taxation. Our first office, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has been continuously owned and operated for the past 30 years by David Humphreys, the founder, President and CEO of EQUITAX. We have been engaged as an Independent Contractor by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and by the Resolution Trust Corporation (“RTC”) to negotiate and minimize property taxes and to abate penalty and interest charges on thousands of properties throughout the United States. Our EQUITAX name is Federally Trademarked and is a name that closely identifies the services that we perform – Specifically, ensuring Fair and Equitable Property Taxes for our Taxpayer Clients.
Our Tax Consultants and Advisors are highly trained and experienced, and are local to the service area they represent. We’ve built strong relationships and solid reputations with the Taxing Authorities that ensure that our Clients secure the very best outcome. After 30 years, we know the property tax system and the appeal process, and will prepare and present a value appeal case that wins! That’s why EQUITAX has an unmatched success story having been involved in more than 50,000 successful Assessment Appeal negotiations and having saved our Taxpayer Clients Tens of Millions of dollars in Property Taxes.
Property taxation and assessments are among the least understood areas of taxation. Most property owners are simply unsure if they are being treated fairly. Property owners who represent themselves are usually unprepared for the complexities associated with property tax appeal presentations, discussions and/or final negotiations. Most appellants fail in their endeavor but not for lack of effort or knowledge, but because they lack critical information and are deficient in the critical relationships required to achieve maximum results.
Most property owners simply do not have the time, training, or experience to deal with the dynamic issues of property tax management. A thorough and detailed analysis by experienced property tax specialists, accompanied by a strategic appeal presentation, is the best way, perhaps the only way, to ensure property owners pay a fair, minimal, and equalized amount of annual property taxes. That’s what we do at EQUITAX!
Successful property tax management involves a professional knowledge of both assessment practices and valuation techniques. In truth, a tax appraisal is a subjective valuation. The tax appraisal function is not an exact science and involves a valuation judgment. There is often a wide divergence of opinion, not only in the value of a certain property, but also in the methods used in estimating its value. Methods of taxation valuation vary considerably from state to state and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Mass appraisal techniques employed by taxing jurisdictions often do not consider the specific and particular value dynamics of individual properties.
