What Is A Property Tax Consultant

Posted by Lorraine Ross on July 19, 2008

Property tax consultants are similar to property tax attorneys except they have no special law degree, but do work to achieve results. You can use a property tax consultant to reduce or protect your taxes on a property. They can help you with filing the paperwork for an appeal, help you find all the necessary documentation and they will attend all the hearings with you. Most of the property tax consultant company’s have their own qualified appraisers. The consultants have valuable resources for obtaining needed information before entering any property tax hearing so you are prepared.

Property tax consultants have to be properly educated to work as a licensed tax consultant. To become licensed, a consultant needs to file an application with said state, understand and commit to the code of ethics, submit to a criminal background check and complete the required education that the board approves for all property tax consultants in every individual state. After all of these requirements are complete, you are then certified or denied a license to be a tax consultant. A lawyer however just has to apply for a tax consultant license since they have had the law school training. Read the rest of this entry »