Bowie Property Taxes Cut in 67% of Informal Hearings

Bowie Central Appraisal District (Bowie CAD) generates property taxes assessments using a process called "mass appraisal". It is the least reliable method to value property. Hence, their estimates of value are subject to protests on both market value and unequal appraisal. Bowie County property owners won 53% of the informal appeals, saving $345,165 in just 2021. Bowie owners who protest are likely to save, but you must protest to save. There are no voluntary reductions after initial guesstimates are sent. In a typical year, 40 to 60% of protests are successful in Bowie. If you don't want to protest annually yourself, we can do it for you. There is no flat fee. No upfront cost. No fee ever unless we reduce your property taxes that year. Enroll now in the Property Tax Protection Program(TM) to claim your savings. Three simple steps: 1) enroll, 2) relax and 3) save.

Resolved Informally Bowie CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

	Thousands
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total Number	0.339	0.390	0.351	0.536	0.526	0.516	0.860	1.202	1.543	1.643	0.818
Single Family	0.177	0.307	0.222	0.319	0.235	0.382	0.652	0.897	1.142	1.284	0.649
Commercial / Other	0.162	0.083	0.129	0.217	0.291	0.134	0.208	0.305	0.401	0.359	0.169

Texas property owners should protest annually since Most appeals are resolved with a reduction at the informal level.

Bowie County Property Tax Protests Resolved Informally

Bowie County property owners who file a property tax protest have three primary options to resolve the appeal / protest. These include the: 1) informal hearing, 2) the formal hearing (or appraisal review board), and 3) judicial appeal or binding arbitration. Most property tax protests in most counties are resolved at the informal hearing.

Home owners accounted for 14% of property tax protests filed with Bowie Central Appraisal District in 2021.

Bowie CAD Informal Settlements

Bowie Central Appraisal District cannot require an informal hearing. Most property owners attempt to settle in the informal hearing. In some cases, they agree to the initial value after seeing the appraisal district’s evidence.

This means that they stop their journey to protest right there. However, there is more that property owners can do. By settling at the informal hearing, a property owner is waiving their right to continue the property tax appeal. Property owners not satisfied with the offer at the informal hearing can continue to the appraisal review board hearing, and even to a district court lawsuit.

Resulted in Reduction Through Informal Process Bowie CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

	Thousands
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total Number	0.226	0.245	0.211	0.223	0.273	0.323	0.498	0.610	0.721	0.919	0.454
Single Family	0.172	0.206	0.164	0.155	0.148	0.195	0.399	0.489	0.578	0.776	0.393
Commercial / Other	0.054	0.039	0.047	0.068	0.125	0.128	0.099	0.121	0.143	0.143	0.061

Texas property owners should protest annually since It is the world’s safest wager. No cost and a 60% chance of savings annually.

Bowie County Informal Hearing Reductions

Bowie Central Appraisal District accounts that received a reduction at the informal hearing are illustrated below. Informal resolution rates vary sharply from county to county.

Bowie County home owners settled 532 of the total 104 protests for houses with the Bowie Central Appraisal District at the informal hearings level. 281(53%) of the informal settlements with Bowie CAD had a reduction.

Percent That Resulted in A ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

	Percent
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total Number	66.670%	62.820%	60.110%	41.600%	51.900%	62.600%	57.910%	50.750%	46.730%	55.930%	55.500%
Single Family	97.180%	67.100%	73.870%	48.590%	62.980%	51.050%	61.200%	54.520%	50.610%	60.440%	60.550%
Commercial / Other	33.330%	46.990%	36.430%	31.340%	42.960%	95.520%	47.600%	39.670%	35.660%	39.830%	36.090%

Texas property owners should protest annually since Errors in the appraisal districts records for your property often artificially inflate YOUR property taxes.

Bowie County % of Informal Hearings with Reduction

Bowie Central Appraisal District makes massive adjustments to the total values during the informal hearing process for both residential and commercial. Given the large reductions in tax assessments and property tax values it is surprising more home owners do not appeal.

A large portion of Bowie County property tax appeals for houses were settled at the informal hearing. Bowie homeowners accounted for 73% of the 2021 informal protest settlements while commercial / other accounted for 27%. Bowie Central Appraisal District settled 731 property tax protests informally in 2021. Success rates were 53% (had a reduction) for single family and 52% for commercial / other types of property.

$ Value Reduction From Informal ProcessSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

	Billions of $
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
$ Reduction Total	0.0216	0.0217	0.0219	0.0265	0.0312	0.0215	0.0118	0.0128	0.0154	0.0232	0.0119
$ Reduction Single Family	0.0087	0.0137	0.0187	0.0112	0.0037	0.0052	0.0066	0.0037	0.0110	0.0175	0.0082
$ Value Commercial / Other	0.0129	0.0080	0.0032	0.0153	0.0275	0.0163	0.0051	0.0091	0.0044	0.0057	0.0037

Texas property owners should protest annually since Property taxes are the only type that can be negotiated based on subjective factors and judgment.

Bowie Central Appraisal District $ Value Reduction From Informal Process

Property owners scored assessment reductions of $3.66 million for single-family and $9.11 million for commercial / other in informal settlements with Bowie CAD in 2021. These informal settlements generated estimated property tax savings of $99,024 for home owners and $246,142 for owners of commercial / other property in Bowie in 2021.