Criterion Blog
The Criterion Blog is dedicated to sharing insights, updates and events that help our clients stay on top of and ahead of the decisions and deadlines that impact their tax valuations.
Criterion Blog
TheCriterion Blog is dedicated to sharing insights, updates and events that help our clients stay on top of and ahead of the decisions and deadlines that impact their tax valuations.
Property Tax Updates, Perspectives & Insights
The valuation of your real properties are likely important to you. We all want our property values to be accurate and reflect our pride and investment in their upkeep and improvements. We also want to be sure the tax valuations of these properties accurately reflect their fair market value. At Criterion, our property tax experts are dedicated to helping property owners pay only their fair and equitable tax burden. We take great pride in staying on top of issues, trends and changes in tax assessment and valuation regulations.
We hope you find the updates and perspectives we are sharing in our blog posts to be informative and valuable to your own real property tax planning, strategies and action steps. If you have questions or requests for better understanding of Tennessee’s real property tax landscape, send us a note in our contacts section.
Now Is the Time: Get ahead of your 2025 Tax Revaluation Review
October 2024 is just days away. The payment-due bill for your 2024 taxes is as well. Yes, it is already too late to do anything about your property tax assessment for this year. However, now is the time to get ahead of your 2025 tax valuation, assessment and – if it...
Heads Up Tennessee! Twenty Counties Face Reappraisal in 2025
Do you own property in the counties that are home to Nashville, Chattanooga or Memphis. You should be on the lookout for an impact on your property assessment and tax bill in 2025. The same is true for 17 other Tennessee counties – including Nashville’s neighboring...
Decade-long Case Conclusion: Sale-Leaseback Confirmed as an Invalid Indicator of Value
A Tennessee State judgement finally decided the debate over fee-simple vs. leased fee as an indicator of fair market value. The case, originated in 2015, worked its way through evaluations by the Williamson County and State Boards of Equalization, and through cases in...
The 2025 county tax reappraisal process is underway. There are 20 counties reassessing tax values in 2025 – including those for the cities of Memphis, Chattanooga, Franklin and Nashville.
Find specific ad valorem tax appeal information here for Davidson, Hamilton, Shelby, Williamson, Anderson and Bradley Counties – all of which reappraise in 2025.
The additional 14 Tennessee counties undergoing the reappraisal process in 2025 include: Benton, Carroll, Cocke, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Hamblen, Henry, Lewis, Overton, Roane, Sullivan, Warren and White.
Also, find more in-depth information here about appeals in Knox and Rutherford Counties, which do not go through the reappraisal process until 2026; and Montgomery and Sumner counties which will reappraise in 2029.