The Arkansas property tax appeal deadline is August 16, 2027 — the third Monday in August. File with your county Board of Equalization before this statewide deadline. Ready-to-sign appeal kit: $89 flat.
Per Arkansas Code §26-27-317, property owners have until the third Monday in August to file a written appeal with their county Board of Equalization. For 2027, that date is August 16, 2027. This deadline applies statewide — all 75 counties, all property types, all assessed values. The Board of Equalization formally convenes for hearings in August, and your appeal must be on file (or postmarked) before they begin deliberating. Missing this deadline typically means you cannot challenge your assessment until the following year.
Before you can build an appeal, it helps to understand how Arkansas values your property. Arkansas assesses residential property at 20% of its estimated fair market value. This means a home worth $250,000 on the open market would have an assessed value of $50,000 — and your tax bill is calculated from that $50,000 figure multiplied by your local millage rate. When you appeal, you are arguing about the full market value, not the 20% assessed figure. A successful reduction in market value passes through proportionally: argue your $250,000 home is actually worth $220,000, and your assessed value drops from $50,000 to $44,000, with a corresponding reduction in your annual tax bill.
Each of Arkansas's 75 counties has a Board of Equalization that hears property tax appeals. The Board is made up of three members appointed by the county judge. It is an independent body — separate from the county assessor — that reviews your evidence and makes a final valuation decision. The process is informal by design: you present your evidence, the assessor presents their basis for the current value, and the Board decides. You or your authorized representative may appear, and many boards also accept written evidence without requiring a personal appearance.
The Board of Equalization is looking for objective evidence that your property's market value on January 1, 2027 was lower than what the assessor determined. The strongest cases combine recent comparable sales with property-specific documentation.
One key difference between Arkansas and states like Florida: Arkansas only requires your appeal to be postmarked by the deadline, not physically received. Florida requires the petition to be physically in the VAB's hands before the deadline. In Arkansas, a USPS postmark of August 16, 2027 or earlier is legally sufficient proof of timely filing. Ask the post office for a dated proof of mailing when you send your appeal — it is your evidence of timely filing.
Most Arkansas property tax consultants work on contingency — charging 25-40% of your first-year savings. On a $600 annual reduction, that is $150-240 in fees. TaxAppeal USA charges a flat $89, and we check first whether an appeal will lower your bill; if it won't, we tell you and don't sell you one. If it will, we fill in your county's equalization board appeal form, include comparable sales evidence, and mail you a ready-to-sign kit with a return envelope addressed to your county Board of Equalization. You sign it and mail it before the August 16, 2027 deadline. You keep every dollar you save.
We check first. If an appeal will lower your bill, we mail you a ready-to-sign kit for $89 flat. You sign it and mail it, and you keep 100% of your savings.
TaxAppeal USA is a self-service document-preparation service. We prepare a ready-to-sign appeal kit and mail it to you; you sign it and mail it to the county yourself. In every state we serve, including Florida, we are not property tax consultants, agents, or representatives, we do not provide tax or legal advice, and we do not file appeals or represent customers before any appraisal district, board of assessors, board of equalization, value adjustment board, or review board. Every appeal, protest and petition is prepared for the property owner, signed by the owner, and mailed by the owner in the owner’s name. In Florida your petition is signed by you as the property owner under section 194.011(3), Florida Statutes, and the county’s Value Adjustment Board filing fee is paid by you directly to the county. TaxAppeal USA does not sign as your representative, does not appear before the Board, and does not present evidence or argument at a hearing.