Tampa home values have risen dramatically and Hillsborough County assessments frequently exceed actual market value. We check whether a petition will actually lower your tax bill, after caps and exemptions, before you pay. If it won’t, we’ll tell you, and we won’t sell you one. If it will, we mail you a ready-to-sign VAB petition kit for $89.
Every Florida county publishes its own VAB results, and outcomes differ sharply between them. Here's why Tampa homeowners have especially strong grounds.
Florida's TRIM notice arrives every August. Tampa homeowners have only 25 days to file a VAB petition — and Florida requires RECEIPT by the deadline, not just postmark, so mail your petition the day your kit arrives.
Tampa's explosive growth in neighborhoods like South Tampa, Hyde Park, Seminole Heights, and New Tampa has led to assessed values that often outpace actual market conditions.
Hillsborough charges the $50 VAB filing fee (HB 7031's state maximum). You pay it to the county with a cheque you put in the envelope we send you. It is not part of our $89 fee.
We prepare your VAB petition and mail it to you with an envelope addressed to the Hillsborough County Value Adjustment Board. You sign it, add the county’s fee cheque and a stamp, and mail it the day it arrives, or hand-deliver it.
Most Tampa property tax firms charge 25–40% of your savings every year. Here's how TaxAppeal's flat $89 compares.
On a $2,200 reduction, that's $550–$880 in fees — every single year.
Same $2,200 saving: you keep $2,061 after our $89 and the county’s $50 filing fee. Every year after is 100% yours.
Join Tampa homeowners saving money every year.
$89 for your kit. The $50 Hillsborough County VAB fee is paid by you, to the county, with a cheque in the envelope.
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.