Property tax consulting & advisory
Property tax consultants for real and personal property
Comprehensive Property Tax LLC is a consulting and advisory firm specializing in every aspect of property tax. Our team of former Big 4 consultants, former assessors, CPAs, and property tax specialists implements tax reduction strategies that minimize real and personal property tax liability — and defends them when the jurisdiction pushes back.
- Returns filed a year
- 400Returns filed a yearBusiness personal property returns prepared and filed
- States we file in
- 26States we file inCompliance managed across 26 states, and growing
- Bench experience
- Big 4Bench experienceFormer Big 4 consultants, assessors, and CPAs
Six services covering the full property tax lifecycle
Assessments get appealed, returns get filed, overpayments get recovered, and exemptions get secured. Most clients start with one of these and grow into several, because the work overlaps — a fixed asset inventory makes the next compliance season cheaper, and a compliance review routinely surfaces an appeal.
Real Estate Assessment Review & Appeal
Annual review of every assessment you carry, and appeals pursued wherever the assessor’s value exceeds fair market value.
Read more →Business Personal Property Tax Compliance
Preparation and filing of personal property returns in every state that levies the tax, with the deadline calendar managed for you.
Read more →Business Personal Property Tax Consulting & Audit Defense
A review of returns already filed to recover overpayments, plus representation when an assessor or contract auditor comes calling.
Read more →Fixed Asset Tagging & Reconciliation
Physical verification and tagging of your assets, reconciled back to the register — the fix for a fixed asset listing nobody trusts.
Read more →Pollution Control Certification / Exemption
Identification, certification, and exemption of assets acquired to control pollution — from property tax and, in most states, sales and use tax.
Read more →Abatements & Incentives
Securing the abatements and incentives available for new construction, expansion, and new equipment — before the commitment is made.
Read more →Who is actually doing the work
Property tax is decided by people — an assessor, a board, a tribunal — and the argument that moves them is made by someone who has stood on both sides of it. Our team is multi-disciplined by design: former Big 4 property tax consultants, former assessors who wrote the valuations we now contest, CPAs, and career personal property specialists.
That mix matters most in the two places this work gets won. Appeals turn on knowing what a specific jurisdiction will actually accept as evidence. Compliance turns on knowing what each state considers taxable before the return is filed rather than after an auditor arrives.
Multi-state by default
One calendar, one methodology, and one point of contact across every jurisdiction you file in — instead of a different local firm in each.
Reviewed before filed
Assets are classified against each state's rules before a return goes out, because most assessors accept what you file and never correct it in your favor.
Evidence, then argument
We do not contest an assessment we cannot support. You see the valuation analysis and the expected relief before anything is filed.
Deadline discipline
Filing and appeal deadlines are statutory and are not waived. Managing that calendar is the least glamorous and most valuable thing we do.
Every property type, owned or leased
The valuation argument changes with the asset class. These are the property types we work on most.
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Distribution Centers & Warehouses
- Multi-Family & Apartments
- Hotels & Motels
- Self-Storage Facilities
- Assisted Living & Nursing
- Retail & Shopping Centers
- Shopping Malls
- Office Buildings
- Banking & Financial Branches
- Golf Courses
- Manufactured Home Communities
- Food Service Properties
- Theatres
Filing in more than one state?
Personal property deadlines are statutory and they do not move. They vary by state and sometimes by county, and a missed one can mean a penalty, an assessor-estimated value well above what an accurate return would have produced, and in some jurisdictions the loss of your right to appeal that estimate.
We track, prepare, file, and manage those obligations across every state you operate in — so the calendar stops being your problem.
Also handled
- Assessment notice review and appeal referral
- Tax bill validation and payment approval
- Exemption and freeport claims filed with the return
- Accrual and budget reporting
- Audit response and finding negotiation
Questions we get first
What does a property tax consultant do?
A property tax consultant reduces what a business pays in real and personal property tax. That means reviewing assessments against fair market value and appealing the ones that are too high, preparing and filing personal property returns so only genuinely taxable assets are reported, recovering overpayments on returns already filed, and securing the exemptions and abatements that lower the base before a bill is ever issued.
Do you work outside Michigan?
Yes. Our office is in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and our compliance and appeal work covers every state that levies a property tax. Multi-state portfolios are the core of the practice — one team, one calendar, one point of contact, rather than a different local firm in every jurisdiction.
How do we know if there is anything to find?
You do not, until someone looks — which is why the first step is a review rather than an engagement. Send your assessment notices, your most recently filed personal property statements, or both. We tell you where the exposure and the opportunity are, and what pursuing them would involve, before you commit to anything.
What size company do you work with?
Companies with property in more than one taxing jurisdiction, which is where the deadline and classification burden starts to outgrow an internal tax function. That ranges from a single manufacturer with three plants to a national portfolio filing in thirty states.
Find out what your assessment should be.
Send us your parcel numbers or your most recent personal property statements. We will tell you whether there is a case worth pursuing — before you owe us anything.