Suffolk County Property Tax Grievance Services

Suffolk County Specialists

Exclusively representing Suffolk County homeowners in the Property Tax Grievance process.

Assessments, and Grievances, are performed at the Town level, and are used in determining your Property Tax total, including your School Taxes.

Property Tax Grievance Service Includes

1. In‐depth analysis of the public Property Tax Rolls, recent sales data, and real estate market trends, using proprietary systems to ascertain the accuracy of the Property Tax Assessment.

2. Preparation of paperwork and filing of the complaint with the Board of Assessment Review, and if a Small Claims Assessment Review filing is deemed necessary, the Courts.

3. Appearance at any conferences, settlement negotiations, or required hearings, as necessary.

4. Negotiation of final settlement; making all reasonable efforts to convey any settlement offers received.

5. Completing and filing of any forms required by the County Treasurer for issuance of tax refund, when applicable.

Service Fee Schedule

$100 Research Fee if a grievance is filed. Regardless of outcome.

Successful grievances: First Year's School Tax Savings

Research fee is waived for properties we market to; we already did the work, it's a sunk cost.

Savings is equal to the reduction of assessment resulting from the grievance process initiated by PTA, multiplied by the school tax rate for the property for the first affected tax year, prior to‐ and regardless of‐ any exemptions or phase-ins.

Have A Referral Code? Quickly Apply

Enter the Referral Code from the top right corner of your application, this will prefill the property information into our secure application form.

Can I sign up with PTA if I didn't get invited?

You can absolutely still apply, your application will be reviewed*, and we will determine if there is any argument to be made under any of the various protest reasons.

Deadline for Walk‐In applications is May 10^th

Not all unsolicited applications will result in a filing, in either case, you will be contacted upon review of the information‐ about 1 business day.

A Story about the PTA

Property Tax Agency only directly contacts property owners that have been determined via data analytics may need our service, which is typically less than 4% of all properties in the County in any given year.

We target about 1 ‐ 3% of Suffolk County property owners for Property Tax Grievance Services, with candidate properties and regions dictated by data analysis depending on local market conditions and Levels of Assessment.

How are Customers Selected?

Using publicly available information, in addition to bespoke models and datasets, which are analyzed using custom‐tailored proprietary analysis software and algorithms developed by PTA.

The purpose is to identify properties which meet certain conditions that indicate a likelihood of overassessment of property values for tax purposes before spending money on marketing.

Never heard of PTA?

It would be terribly uneconomical to broadcast advertise, or even to send "mass mail," to the other 95% of property owners, not to mention all of the people who are not property owners and therefore would not ‐ could not ‐ need our help.

By keeping our marketing efficient, we don’t have to bury any fees in the fine print to try to offset the costs of processing excessive applications, or of buying billboards and radio / TV ads, or of running a Political Action Committee…