NJ Property Tax Appeal for Residential Property Owners

After many years of business experience and property ownership, we have concluded that municipalities should not be permitted to over-tax property owners based upon a method that they themselves consider to be inaccurate.

Tax Assessors and Reevaluation Companies can not afford to individually appraise properties within their municipalities; they therefore rely on factors such as front foot value, plus a depth factor for land this does not take into consideration factors such as busy streets, grade proximity to negative influences etc. The improvements are primarily evaluated based upon gross Living Area (G.L.A.).
This does not take into consideration functional obsolescence, structural issues etc.

On newer properties Tax Assessors rely upon a cost approach (reproduction cost less depreciation) which does not consider economic market changes and after a few years the depreciation becomes very difficult to calculate, most newer homes are over assessed for this reason. "Cost does not make value unless you are a Tax Assessor".

Arcane methods and defensive tactics employed by many local tax assessors and county tax boards discourage property owners who seek tax relief.

We appeal property tax Assessments in the State of NJ.

Research and Analysis of your Tax Assessment

Low cost research and analysis of your residential property includes providing comparison to comparable properties, analysis of the data and detail and review with legal council prior to your county and or state hearing. We recommend appeals when the adjusted assessed value exceeds market value by more than 15%.

When the research and analysis is completed you have the option of processing the appeal yourself, take the research to your Tax Appeal Attorney or use Bergen Essex Complete Tax Appeal Service.

Bergen Essex Tax Appeal Can Handle the Entire Appeal

You can elect to use the complete Bergen-Essex Tax Appeal Service to handle the appeal.  Once the research is complete and it is determined that you have grounds for appeal (adjusted assessed value exceeds market value by more than 15%), we will represent your case to the tax appeal Board and take the case as far as the state level if necessary to establish a fair value on your property and get you property tax relief.

This service is provided on a contingency fee basis. In other words, there will be no fee unless we are successful and no additional fee to take your case to N.J. Tax Court

Call us at 201-488-8878 to find out more information about residential tax assessment appeal.