Texas assessors get it wrong. Your property tax bill pays for it.

At launch, yes. Property tax law is 100 percent state and local, so we build one state at a time. Texas is first because the protest deadline (May 15) is a fixed statewide window we can build marketing around, and Texas has the largest residential homeowner base of any state we'd launch in. Florida follows in August 2028 for the TRIM notice window. Illinois, New York, and California come in year 2. If your property is outside Texas, join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment your state opens.

You enter your Texas property address. We pull your current assessor's value from your county's public records and compare it against recent comparable home sales in your subdivision. If your assessor's value looks high relative to recent sales, we show you an estimated annual savings if you win an appeal. All free, no card, no commitment. You only pay if you decide the appeal is worth pursuing.

Everything you need to file a real protest with your county appraisal district: a complete comparable-sales table with the specific sold comps that support your reduced value, prompts to document property condition (photos, deferred maintenance, anything that would justify a lower value), your county's exact protest form auto-filled with your case, and a deadline tracker with reminders leading up to May 15. You review, sign, and file. The evidence pack is yours to use however you want after that.

Most Texas residential appeals resolve at the informal review stage without a formal hearing (the Texas Comptroller reports about 67 percent of those informal resolutions end in a reduced value, per 2022 tax year data). If yours is one of the minority that doesn't resolve informally, you have three options: walk away and keep your evidence pack (nothing more to pay), file at the ARB hearing yourself (many homeowners do), or engage a TDLR-licensed Senior Property Tax Consultant from our partner network for formal representation. Before you commit to a partner, our worth-pursuing calculator shows you the honest math on year-1 and 3-year net given your projected savings and the partner's quote. If the numbers don't work, we tell you not to escalate.

Typical partner fees for the reduced-scope ARB-rep-only work our workflow enables run about $200 flat. The specific quote comes from your assigned partner and is shown to you before you commit. You pay the partner directly. Full disclosure: Kashfetti receives a $75 referral fee from the partner when you engage them. This does not change what you pay.

Most Texas firms charge on contingency, taking 25 to 50 percent of your first-year savings whether the win came from a quick informal review or a formal hearing. A few charge a flat retainer upfront to take the case, and some do a hybrid of the two. Kashfetti splits the work into two decisions with two prices. The filing layer is $49 flat regardless of your win size. If your informal review is denied and you want to escalate to a hearing, we route you to a vetted licensed Texas consultant, and their fee is separate and shown to you before you commit. The Texas Comptroller reports that most residential protests are resolved at the informal review stage without a formal hearing (about 67 percent of those informal resolutions end in a value reduction, per 2022 tax year data), so most Kashfetti users would pay $49 and nothing more. For the minority whose case escalates, the partner's scope is smaller because we already did the intake and the informal review, which tends to keep the total lower than paying a full-service contingency firm on the whole win.

Usually not. When you win a reduction at informal review or ARB, that becomes your baseline assessed value going forward. Some appraisal districts respect the reduction for one to three years without pushing the value back up. Others try to re-inflate every year, in which case you can file another $49 Evidence Pack. Kashfetti is priced per appeal, so you only pay in years you decide to appeal.

Late March or early April 2028, timed to catch homeowners the moment their county appraisal notices arrive. The Texas protest deadline is May 15, so we want you on the tool with at least 30 to 45 days of runway. Join the waitlist to hear from us when it opens and get the Texas homeowner guide before opening day.

No. Kashfetti is a consumer software tool. We generate evidence packs and refer users to licensed professionals for representation. We do not represent you in a legal or professional capacity, and we do not appear at hearings. The templates we produce are pre-approved forms filled with your data, which you review and sign. When your case escalates to ARB, we introduce you to a TDLR-licensed Senior Property Tax Consultant who handles that stage.

Yes. Every Texas homeowner can file their own property tax protest directly with their county appraisal district for free. Kashfetti's Evidence Pack pays for the automation: comparable-sales research, form auto-fill, deadline tracking, and reminders. If you're comfortable pulling comps yourself and filling out your county's form manually, save the $49. If you'd rather have the packet built for you and never worry about missing the May 15 deadline, that's what we're for.

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The $49 Evidence Pack is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, so there's no cancellation. If you're not in Texas and somehow purchased anyway, you get an automatic full refund on request. If you're in Texas but haven't downloaded or used the Evidence Pack yet, we'll refund you within 14 days. Once you've opened, downloaded, or filed with the Evidence Pack, it's yours to keep and non-refundable.