Full-service hotel Denver
$630K
a year for four years
Commercial Property Tax Appeals in Colorado and across the West
National-firm valuation and appeal expertise. A better fee.
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Denver-based, principal-led, 13 years in commercial property tax
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Experienced representation with a big-firm background
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8% to 20% per property, not a flat 25%
Initial Consultation
Or call 720-722-2911
Colorado counties, including
- Adams
- Arapahoe
- Boulder
- Broomfield
- Denver
- Douglas
- El Paso
- Jefferson
- Larimer
- Weld
A published fee that falls as the tax bill grows
Contingency on realized savings. The larger the tax bill on the notice, the lower the rate.
SVA
From 20% down to 8% as the bill grows
Set per property by its own tax bill: under $200,000 pays 20%, and $2 million and up pays 8%.
Many firms
A flat 25%, on every property
One rate whatever the size of the bill.
The fee matrix
Each property's row is set by its original tax liability, the tax the notice of value produces before any reduction, and the rate is written into the engagement letter.
Savings estimator and fee details| Original tax liability | SVA rate | Flat 25% |
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| Under $200K | 20% | 25% |
| $200K to under $500K | 18% | 25% |
| $500K to under $750K | 15% | 25% |
| $750K to under $1M | 12% | 25% |
| $1M to under $2M | 10% | 25% |
| $2M and above | 8% | 25% |
Three reasons to call SVA this year
Any one of them is worth an Initial Consultation.
You pay a flat 25% today
Move one building or one state to a per-property rate of 8% to 20%, and your current firm keeps the rest.
You've never had a third party review your BPP filing
A written review of the business personal property declaration against the county's schedule: equipment already gone, software taxed as hardware, and items the county already taxes with the building.
You never filed a protest
Years never protested can often be reopened by abatement petition for the two most recent levied years.
How an engagement works from first review to invoice
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Initial Consultation
A review of the assessment that ends in a written memo: defensible or not, the dollars at stake, the exact rate.
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Engagement letter
The fee for each property is in writing before you sign.
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Filing and hearings
From assessor protest to county board to state board, SVA prepares and presents each case.
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Invoice only from realized savings
If the taxes do not go down, there is no invoice.
Services for commercial owners
Real and business personal property, for the current year and the years still open.
Assessment appeals
Protests and appeals from the assessor to the state board. Each case rests on market evidence for the valuation date that governs it.
Details on assessment appealsBusiness personal property
A written review of the equipment declaration and the county's value. Protests, abatements and amended schedules are filed only on your instruction.
Details on business personal propertyPrior-year abatement
Taxes already paid can come back when an open year was overvalued. Each year gets its own file or do-not-file answer.
Details on prior-year abatementAcquisition due diligence
What the building will cost to hold after closing, and how the price will bear on the next revaluation. Written for buyers under contract.
Details on acquisition due diligencePortfolio and single-state pilots
A national portfolio can move one state to SVA for one cycle while the incumbent keeps the rest. Five or more properties get a per-property schedule at or below the matrix.
Details on portfolio and single-state pilotsResearch and benchmarks
Check a Colorado assessment against 19,939 properties in the benchmark database. The published research also draws on 8,058 Colorado state-board cases.
Details on research and benchmarksResults from prior national firms
Four cases from Charlie Young's years at national firms, reported without client names.
Resort timeshare Colorado
60% cut
$790K over the cycle
Data center
$110K
a year
Call center Utah
$700K
refund
Results Charlie Young achieved at prior national firms, before founding SVA. Results from SVA engagements will be published here with client consent. Every property and jurisdiction is different; past results do not guarantee future outcomes, and engagement details are published only where they cannot identify a client.
Colorado first, then the West
SVA attends Colorado and Utah hearings in person and takes on the other states case by case. Each state has its own appeal guide.
Colorado 2027 notices mail about May 1, and protests are due June 1. See what the 2027 reappraisal changes and all appeal deadlines. Denver owners: Denver commercial property tax consultant.
Nothing saved, nothing owed
SVA works on contingency only. The fee is a share of the tax actually saved. No retainers, no minimums.
Start with an Initial Consultation
Send the notice of value, or the address and county. Nothing is filed without your written instruction.
Initial Consultation- 1745 Shea Center Dr, Suite 400
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 - 720-722-2911
- charlieyoung@svatax.com