Straight answers about Georgia property tax appeals.

Yes — completely. Type in your address and we pull your real Fulton County assessment and tell you whether you look over-assessed. No card, no signup, no catch. The honest read costs you nothing, whether or not you ever hire us.

It's the county's estimate of what your property is worth, which your tax bill is built on. In Georgia, your assessed value is 40% of the fair market value (FMV) the county assigns. So a home the county values at $500,000 has an assessed value of $200,000, and your taxes are calculated against that (after exemptions). When you appeal, you're arguing the FMV is too high.

The clearest signs: your FMV jumped sharply this year while similar nearby homes sold for less, you recently bought the home for less than the county's value, or there's an error in your property record. The fastest way to find out is to check your assessment — we'll show you the year-over-year jump and give you an honest read.

Completely. Appealing your assessment is your right under Georgia law (OCGA § 48-5-311). It's a routine, accessible process that thousands of homeowners use every year. We're a property-tax representation service — not a law firm — and non-attorney representation before the County Board of Equalization is expressly allowed.

You have 45 days from the date printed on your Annual Notice of Assessment. Notices typically mail in mid-June, so the deadline usually falls in late July. In 2026, with notices dated around June 16, the deadline lands near July 31. Always go by the date on your own notice — it's the only date that counts. We break it down in our 45-day deadline guide.

First the Board of Assessors reviews it — sometimes they agree and send back a lower value you can accept. If it isn't resolved on paper, your case goes to a Board of Equalization (BOE) hearing, where your evidence and the county's are presented and a value is set. If you still disagree, you can appeal to Superior Court within 30 days. We walk through the whole path in our Fulton County appeal guide.

It varies with the county's calendar, but expect a few months from filing to resolution. We file within your appeal window and keep you posted as the case moves through the Board. The 299(c) freeze means the payoff lasts well beyond that timeline.

Almost never. Many appeals resolve on paper. If yours goes to the Board of Equalization, we represent you and handle the evidence, paperwork, and appearance, so in most cases you never have to show up — you just get the result. Here's what a BOE hearing is like.

Recent comparable sales — homes like yours that sold nearby for less than your assessment — and a recent arm's-length purchase price below your FMV are the strongest. Errors in your property record (wrong square footage, a basement or bathroom that isn't there) are also powerful because they're factual, not opinion. We cover this in our comparable sales guide and record-errors guide.

Then you may have one of the strongest cases there is. If you bought recently in a normal, open-market sale for less than the county's FMV, the price you paid is excellent evidence of what the home is actually worth. That gap is your case — and the timing matters, so read our new-homeowner guide.

Yes — and that's the whole point of how we work. If your FMV is roughly what your home would honestly sell for, we'll tell you not to appeal, plainly and free. We work on contingency, so a long-shot appeal costs us and earns us nothing. An honest "no case this year" is one of the most valuable things we can give you.

An appeal challenges the county's fair market value; the board can leave it unchanged or lower it. The purpose of the process is to correct over-assessments. The best protection against a poor outcome is a well-evidenced case — which is exactly why an honest read of your numbers up front matters, and why we only file cases we believe in.

We work on contingency: a share of what we save you in the first year, charged only if we win. There's no upfront or filing fee. We quote your exact rate in writing before you ever sign, so there are no surprises — see our pricing page for the full breakdown.

Then you pay us nothing. That's the entire point of no win, no fee — the risk is ours, not yours. It's also why we won't take a case we don't believe in: we only get paid when you actually save money.

Absolutely — filing with the county is free, and for a clean record error or an obvious purchase-price gap, plenty of homeowners win on their own. Our guides are the whole playbook. Where representation earns its keep is in the gray cases: pulling and weighting the right comps and handling the filing and hearing. Either way, start with an honest read.

No. Tax Appeal HQ is a property-tax representation service, not a law firm, and we don't provide legal advice. We represent homeowners before the Board of Equalization, which Georgia law expressly permits for non-attorneys. If a case needs to escalate to Superior Court, we refer you to a licensed partner attorney, because that step requires one.

Under OCGA § 48-5-299(c), after a successful appeal the county generally can't raise your assessed value for the appeal year plus the next two years — a three-year freeze (barring substantial additions or improvements). So a single win isn't a one-year discount; it's three years of a lower bill from one fight. Full detail in our 3-year freeze guide.

No. Our fee is tied to your first-year savings only. The additional two years of lower bills under the freeze are entirely yours. One win, a share of year one, three years of savings.

The homestead exemption is the simplest tax break most owners have, and it's separate from an appeal — you should claim it regardless. Georgia's HB 581 also added a floating homestead cap that limits how fast your homestead value can grow. We explain both, and how they fit alongside an appeal, in our homestead exemption guide.