How it Works

Do you find Nassau County’s property tax reduction process puzzling?

You’re not alone. The process is complex and must be redone annually.

We can help you each year!

It’s Easy

Access your personal webpage or sign, date and return our tax grievance authorization form prior to the deadline (Nassau County’s deadline to file a property tax grievance is approximately 18 months in advance of the tax year being challenged, barring any extensions). For example, the deadline to file a 2025/2026 tax grievance is March 18, 2024. If you have not received a retainer from us, please feel free to request one by clicking here or by e-mailing a request to info@mptrg.com.

Don’t Worry

There is no fee for authorizing us to file a tax grievance on your behalf. The only fee will be half of the total property tax savings, if we are successful. In the rare event of a Small Claims Assessment Review proceeding, a $30 court-imposed filing fee will apply, win or lose. We will only charge you for the savings that we achieve and will not take credit for any property tax exemptions – such as the Basic or Enhanced STAR, Senior or Veteran’s exemptions – that you may have filed on your own. No one will be coming to your home to inspect your property as a result of filing a grievance. No red flags. No chance of backfire. There are only two possible results of filing a Nassau County, Long Island tax grievance: your assessment will be reduced or it will remain the same. Your assessment cannot be increased as a result of a grievance for that year.

File Every Year

Even if your assessment seems low, we strongly recommend filing a tax grievance on a yearly basis. Why? Because the School and General Tax rates are continuing to rise. If you do not file a grievance, you have no way to protect yourself from the consistently increasing tax rates. If you allow your assessment to remain the same and do not protest, your property taxes will likely increase due to rising School and General tax rates. Even if you received a reduction last year, we can lower your assessment further, as long as we find sufficient evidence.

Assessed Value vs. Tax Rate

We can only challenge the assessed value of your property, not the School or General tax rates. Tax rates are a function of the relationship between assessed values and local budgets such as the county, town, school and village. They are set by local organizational entities such as the County Legislature, the town, village or school boards in your neighborhood.

Challenge Your Village/City Tax Assessment, Too

The County and Village have different assessors. Incorporated Villages are not required to follow the Nassau County’s assessment roll. They are entitled to create their own assessments. We can grieve your Village tax assessment if we determine that you have a meritorious case for a reduction. However, the Village filing deadlines are different from the County. Please be sure to review our authorization form, village deadline dates or city deadline dates to find out the submission deadline for your particular Village/City.

Getting Started

Make sure to authorize Maidenbaum to file a tax grievance on your property prior to the March 18, 2024 deadline (click here to request a form now). Once we file the grievance on your behalf, the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission (ARC) has until March 31, 2025 to resolve our assessment challenge, according to administrative code. If ARC makes a settlement offer, we will advise you in writing.

Our letter will include the percentage of the potential reduction, the new assessed value and a recommendation to either accept or reject the offer based upon our review and analysis of the relevant sales data and evidence. We have the experience, knowledge, technology and resources to pursue multiple rounds of negotiations with ARC if necessary to achieve the assessment reduction our clients rightfully deserve.

If the offer is accepted

and the reduction is implemented, you will receive tax bills based upon the reduced assessment beginning with the October 2025 School Tax bill and ending with the July 2026 General Tax bill.

If the offer is rejected

or no offer is made, the case may continue with an appeal filed in Nassau County Supreme Court for a Small Claims Assessment Review in April 2025. We will then present the case for a reduction before a court-appointed hearing officer, who should provide us with a hearing decision within 45 days.

If we are successful in lowering your 2025/2026 property tax assessment, your savings will be reflected by either reduced tax bills, beginning with the October 2025 1st half School Tax, corrected tax bills and/or a refund of overpayment. However, we will not bill you for services rendered until the January 2026 1st half General Tax bill is published by Nassau County, so that we can accurately calculate the savings.

It would be our pleasure to represent you in this process!