About TaxCuts1
Cutting YOUR Property Taxes
Mike Hagen founded TaxCuts1, Inc. in 2003 after a decade as attorney and key administrator for the Lee County Property Appraiser. Hagen's property tax experience is packaged with 37 years as a real estate broker & 39 years as a Lic. Fla. Attorney. TaxCuts1 utilizes Hagen's sizeable knowledge gained by litigating 150+ property tax lawsuits and over 1000 administrative appeals, putting it to work for SW Florida's COMMERCIAL property owners. Most property tax reps are headquartered in Tampa or Miami and only occasionally work the SW Florida area. TaxCuts1 is considered by many real estate professionals to be the most experienced, locally based rep focused solely on Lee County Southwest Florida property taxes.
Hagen's years of managing the Property Appraiser's, commercial, agricultural, exemption, public service, data auditor and condominium depts. provide him with a wide base of knowledge to use on your behalf. He knows the key players and rules of this very specific, high stakes property tax game. He have literally dozens of tax savings strategies at our disposal, including:
- administrative appeals & property tax consulting
- commercial properties: retail, hotels, offices, more, with focus upon the INCOME APPROACH to value
- environmental issues & their impact on assessments
- agricultural exemptions-absolutely huge potential tax savings
- homestead exemptions: more complicated than meets the eye
- timing the completion dates of new construction
- splits and combinations
- vacant land
- religious and charitable exemptions
- refund procedures
- and much, much more.
TaxCuts1 offers a variety of fee arrangements, including flat fee, hourly-based and contingency-based fees whereby we are only paid based on a % of what you save in property taxes. Please see the 1 minute video for details. Click here to watch.
Mike Hagen with TRIM notice submittal.
2024 Property Tax Reductions
Hagen's years of managing the Property Appraiser's commercial, agricultural exemption, public service, data auditor and condominium depts. provide him with a wide base of knowledge to use on your behalf. He knows the key players and the rules of this very specific, high stakes property tax game. He has literally dozens of tax savings strategies at our disposal.
Former Property Appraiser’s Kudos
"Mike (Hagen, TaxCuts1's owner) is one of the good ones" (property tax reps), said Kenneth M. Wilkinson, CFA, Lee Co. Property Appraiser, on 9-11-2013 in a WGCU radio interview on property tax appeals. We value those kind words and share mutual respect, having worked both sides of the property tax table with Mr. Wilkinson since 1994. We wish him the very best in his retirement after 40 years of service.
File Your Appeal
NOW is the time for us to begin working on your 2024 valuation. While Hurricane Ian slammed SW FL on 9-28-2022, remember that valuations are based on property status as of January 1, 2024. Our focus is commercial and residential parcels with assessments of $2M+.
Mike Hagen, TaxCuts1, Inc.
Mike Hagen is frequently interviewed about property tax appeals. Click on the links below to read and hear more.
TaxCuts1 has delivered substantial property tax savings for a variety of high visibility SW FL commercial properties from 2003-2023. Please contact us to discuss our significant appeal results.