Ryan LLC (Property Tax)

Ryan is a global tax services, software and technology firm providing an integrated suite of federal, state, local and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis. Property tax is one of its named practice areas, alongside transaction tax, income tax, credits and incentives, employment tax, insurance tax, severance tax and royalty, abandoned and unclaimed property, and value-added tax.

The work is grouped into recovery, consulting and advocacy. Recovery looks for overpayments and pursues the refunds; consulting addresses the underlying causes of the errors found and targets overall tax performance; advocacy draws on tax administration and lobbying experience to seek legislative relief. Ryan does not perform audits, attest work or render opinions on financial statements, which it says allows it to act as a client advocate without Sarbanes-Oxley restrictions or audit committee approval. Ryan Legal Services, PLLC is a related law firm, and Ryan Software packages the firm's methods as products.

Ryan has global headquarters in Plano, Texas and reports more than 7,100 professionals and associates serving over 74,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many Global 5000 companies. It says it recovered more than $4 billion in tax savings for clients last year, that it represents 97% of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and that follow-up reviews behind other firms have produced $255 million in additional savings.

Fee structures are not published. An owner appealing an assessment should ask which office and which property tax principal would handle that jurisdiction, and how fees are calculated against any savings recovered.