Property tax appeal · Indiana
Appeal your property taxes in Indiana.
In Indiana, the county assessor sets your value and the county Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA) hears your case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date, and a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence.
$5, credited toward your appraisal.
Indiana
5 county pages below
- Values your home
- County assessor
- Hears your case
- County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA)
- Desktop appraisal
- $225
- $5 check credited
- Timing
- Confirmed with your order
Deadline
File Form 130 by June 15 — or within 45 days of your Form 11 assessment notice if it arrived later. The controlling date is on the notice.
Confirm your filing window and recipient requirements before ordering. Service availability and delivery depend on the property, evidence and appraiser. You remain responsible for filing on time.
How it works
How to appeal your property taxes in Indiana.
- Step 1
Check your savings
Enter your address and pay $5. We check your Indiana assessment against recent nearby sales.
- Step 2
Order the appraisal
A desktop appraisal valued as of your assessment date, with the $5 credited. Complex homes get one exact quote.
- Step 3
Show us your home
Walk through on your phone so the appraiser sees its condition. A desktop appraisal needs no visit.
- Step 4
File your appeal
A state-licensed IN appraiser signs it, with a cover letter and filing steps. You file by your deadline, and the county Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA) hears your case.
The evidence
Boards act on value, not frustration.
However Indiana labels the process, the case underneath is the same: show what your home was actually worth on the assessment date. A licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal, with comparable sales, documented adjustments and a signed opinion of value, is that showing.
What the appraisal gives you
- Valued as of your assessment date, not today
- Comparable sales with adjustments and citations
- Signed by a state-licensed IN appraiser
- A phone walkthrough; a desktop appraisal needs no visit
Confirm before you file
- Your filing deadline, from your assessment notice
- Appraiser availability and delivery timing, before you order
The process
How Indiana handles appeals.
Indiana county assessors adjust values every year through market “trending,” and mail a Form 11 notice when your assessment changes. To contest it, you file a Form 130 appeal with the county assessor by June 15 (or 45 days after the notice), which usually triggers an informal conference first; unresolved cases go to a hearing before the county Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA). If the PTABOA doesn’t give you what the evidence supports, the Indiana Board of Tax Review hears the next round. The whole track is built around a single question — market value-in-use as of January 1 — which documented comparable sales answer better than anything else.
Worth knowing in Indiana
Indiana’s circuit-breaker caps limit a homestead’s tax to 1% of gross assessed value, but the cap doesn’t fix an inflated assessment — it just caps the damage. Cutting the assessed value itself, with a licensed appraisal as the anchor evidence, lowers the bill underneath the cap.
FAQ
Indiana questions
When is the Form 130 deadline in Indiana?
June 15 of the assessment year, or 45 days after your Form 11 notice was mailed, whichever applies to you — the notice states the controlling date. File with your county assessor.
What is the PTABOA?
The county Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals — the local panel that hears your case if the informal conference with the assessor doesn’t resolve it. It weighs evidence of market value-in-use as of January 1.
Do Indiana’s 1% tax caps mean appeals don’t matter?
No — the cap is a percentage of your assessed value, so an over-assessment still costs you money every year. Correcting the value is the only fix.
