As former Chief Justice John Marshall said “The Power to tax involves the Power to destroy.” The beauty of the property tax, however, is that taxpayers have the right to audit the acts of government officials and to present evidence that the government has erred in the base valuation of the taxpayer’s property. Each and every jurisdiction that imposes a property tax has a long-standing and well established process by which taxpayers can appeal their property taxes and, if successful in that appeal, reduce the taxes imposed or even have prior excessive tax payments refunded.

Lawyers at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C. have a long and successful record of conducting property tax appeals and obtaining real estate tax incentives. We annually file a great number of property tax appeals and secure numerous real estate tax incentives on behalf of taxpayers ranging from Fortune 500 business entities to the small “mom and pop” enterprises. We have obtained significant reductions in the property tax burden for our clients and have even obtained huge refunds for many of them. Our lawyers are skilled in the presentation of property tax appeals at all levels – from informal meetings with local assessors to formal presentations before administrative boards to actual trials in courts and representation of matters before appellate or state supreme courts. Our record and our satisfied clients, many who have been with us for decades, speak to the quality of our skills and to our success.