Does anyone know how to lower your land Taxes?

Question

I live in Texas, I live on 7 acres of land in an old 3 bedroom 2 bath home,with 4 kids sometimes 6 (seem to be the only person to raise brothers kids) care for lots of stray dogs and cats, have 2 horses and flock of chickens (so buying food is h**l) but what gets me is my land tax is always $1000.00 every year. I have heard you can lower your land tax but I can't seem to find out how. So I would be forever grateful to some good tips on how this can be done. Oh yeah, selling is not an option.

Answer 1

Talk to the county tax assessor's office.

Answer 2

You would have to file an appeal with your county's central appraisal district office.  You would have to prove that the value assigned to your property is not realistic.

Note:  Due to the lack of an income tax, Texas has very high property taxes.  There is nothing that you can do about that.