What if I fail to appeal in 45 days?
If you do not appeal your valuation within the appeal period, you forfeit your right to appeal for that year.

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1. What is the meaning of ad valorem property taxes?
2. Who determines the value of my property for tax purposes?
3. Who appoints the Board of Assessors?
4. How can I contact the Board of Assessors?
5. What control does the Board of Commissioners have over this office?
6. Who appoints the Chief Appraiser?
7. What level of laws govern the Board of Assessors?
8. Why must my property be appraised?
9. If I do not agree with these laws, who can I turn to?
10. Does the Tax Commissioner report to or control the Board of Assessors?
11. What is the main duty of the Tax Commissioner in the ad valorem taxation process?
12. What determines an individual property tax amount?
13. What is the arithmetic of the process?
14. What is the meaning of the term "tax digest?"
15. What are the steps used by the Assessors when appraising my property?
16. What is the difference between sales price and market value?
17. What is the assessment value in Georgia, and who sets it?
18. If my property value and assessment remain the same, can my tax bill change?
19. How can you have a tax increase with no mill rate change?
20. What constitutes a millage rate?
21. Who sets these rates?
22. Do I get an exemption from some assessed value and a reduction in taxes because I own a home and live in it?
23. Are there any other special exemptions?
24. What latitude does the Board have to extend deadlines for filing Freeport or Homestead exemptions?
25. I disagree with my appraised value. Are there any avenues for appeal?
26. What are my responsibilities, obligations, and procedures for an appeal?
27. What is a tax return?
28. How do I appeal my property valuation?
29. What kind of information can I provide to help the appeal process work better?
30. What if I fail to appeal in 45 days?
31. Isn't the objective of the Board of Assessors to generate as much revenue as possible by keeping the assessed values up?
32. What is the Board of Equalization and are there any costs for their services?
33. What is arbitration and are there any costs to me as an appellant?
34. What are the costs for a Superior Court appeal?
35. If I appeal my valuation, will the resulting decision be used in future years?