The state attorney general’s office is investigating a recent mass mailing by a Seattle firm offering to help some state property owners reduce their property taxes.
Attorney General George Jepsen said his office has asked ValueAppeal LLC about a mailing it sent to residents of Wethersfield, New Britain, and Middletown offering to “Lower [their] taxes for $99.”
“This information is important to help my office evaluate whether Connecticut residents are being offered valid business services for the fees charged, or, instead, are being deceived,” Jepsen told the Hartford Courant.
New Britain mayor Timothy O’Brien asked Jepsen’s office to investigate the mailings, concerned they were “misleading and deceptive.”
According to the Courant, ValueAppeal’s CEO says the mailings are legitimate, and part of his firm’s nationwide expansion. CEO Eric Brown told the Courant his firm provides services similar to those of an accountant, and that it advises about 75% of its potential clients not to appeal their assessments.
