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.
Colorado owners who never protested: your 2024 taxes can still be challenged until December 31, 2026.
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Denver-based, principal-led, 13 years in commercial property tax
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225 Colorado appeals filed by the principal since 2023
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8% to 20% per property, not a flat 25%
The Initial Consultation carries no fee. Written answer within one week.
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% |
Compare terms, not only rates
| What to check in your agreement | SVA |
|---|---|
| Whether fees continue after you end the agreement | Nothing owed on any appeal not yet filed; 30 days' notice, no exit fee |
| Whether the consultant's authority renews every year until you revoke it | Your written go-ahead for each filing |
| Added appraisal or attorney costs at the state board | One matrix rate from the assessor through the state board |
| Minimums, retainers or filing fees | None |
Three reasons to call SVA this year
Any one of them is worth an Initial Consultation.
Own hotels, offices or industrial? See how SVA reviews Colorado hotel assessments, office buildings and warehouses and plants, including the 2026 state board decisions on lease-up deductions.
You never filed a protest
In Colorado, 2024 taxes can still be challenged by abatement petition until December 31, 2026. After that, 2024 is closed for good. 2025 stays open until December 31, 2027.
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. If the 2024 schedule was never protested, overpaid 2024 tax can still be recovered by a petition filed by December 31, 2026.
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
Six 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
Distribution warehouse Aurora
$623K
over the cycle
Headquarters campus Denver metro
$1.34M
saved for 2025 alone
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
Twelve states, one fee schedule, and a written appeal guide for each.
- WAWashington
- MTMontana
- OROregon
- WYWyoming
- NENebraska
- IAIowa
- CACalifornia
- NVNevada
- UTUtah
- COColorado, home
- KSKansas
- AZArizona
Colorado is home and most of the work. Utah hearings are attended in person; the other ten states are taken on case by case, each with its own written appeal guide and the same fee schedule.
All twelve state guidesColorado 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 property address. Nothing is filed without your written instruction.
The Initial Consultation carries no fee. Written answer within one week.
Denver area? Coffee or lunch beats a call. Email or call to set one up.
- 1745 Shea Center Dr, Suite 400
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 - 720-722-2911
- charlieyoung@svatax.com