The Roundabout Reference Desk · Property taxes
Your Milton assessment, explained
Every June, Fulton County tells you what it thinks your home is worth — and gives you about six weeks to disagree. Miss the window and the county's number stands for the year, on every tax bill built from it.
How the season works
- June — the notice. Fulton County mails every Milton homeowner a Notice of Assessment stating your fair market value and your assessed value — in Georgia, 40 percent of the market number. The assessed value is what your tax bill is built on.
- The window. You have 45 days from the notice date to appeal — the exact deadline is printed on the notice, and it is a hard one. In 2026 that meant July 31.
- The hearing. Appeals that aren't settled on paper go before the Fulton County Board of Equalization, where the case is comparable homes: what did houses like yours actually sell and assess for?
Why it's worth your attention
When the county's number is too high, you overpay — not once, but every year the number survives, compounding quietly in the millage math. A successful appeal on an over-assessed Milton home is commonly worth hundreds to thousands of dollars annually, and a value set at appeal can also be frozen for the following two years under Georgia law.
Before the 2027 notices mail
- Keep your 2026 notice — next year's jump only means something against this year's number.
- Watch what sells on your street; recent sales are the spine of any appeal case.
- When the June notice lands, read the deadline first. Everything else can wait a day; that date can't.
From the publisher
Think your number is wrong? We take those cases now.
Tax Appeal HQ monitors Fulton County assessments year-round, builds the comparable-evidence case when the county's number is wrong, and files and argues the appeal as your authorized agent. It handles Milton, and it will be ready when the 2027 notices mail.
Visit Tax Appeal HQ →Disclosure, in plain sight: Tax Appeal HQ is not a sponsor — it's our own business, owned by The Roundabout's founder. We're pointing you there because we built it, and you deserve to know that before you click. The Roundabout's news coverage stays independent of it, same as with any advertiser.
