Terms of Service
These Terms govern the purchase and use of data products and related documents ("Deliverables") sold by Praneeth B Batte, doing business as 4226 Tax, a sole proprietorship organized under the laws of the State of Washington ("4226 Tax", "we"), by the purchasing firm ("Customer", "you"). By paying for a Deliverable you agree to these Terms.
1. What 4226 Tax is and is not
1.1 4226 Tax sells data and documents to property tax consultants registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Deliverables are derived by deterministic computation from public appraisal-roll records and are provided for the Customer's professional use.
1.2 4226 Tax is not a property tax consultant, appraiser, attorney, or agent for any property owner; does not represent owners; does not file protests, renditions, or authorizations; and does not communicate with property owners on the Customer's behalf. The Customer is the professional of record for any use of a Deliverable.
1.3 Deliverables labelled "Prepared for [Customer]" are prepared at the Customer's direction for the Customer's review and adoption. The Customer is responsible for verifying any Deliverable before relying on it or presenting it to an owner, appraisal district, appraisal review board, arbitrator, or court.
2. Orders, delivery, pricing
2.1 Prices and package contents are those published at the time of purchase. Payment is by Stripe unless otherwise agreed.
2.2 Founding Five milestone. A Founding Five purchase consists of a first payment at purchase and a second payment of equal amount that becomes due when the Customer signs its third new client sourced from the Deliverable ("signed" = executed appointment of agent, Texas Comptroller Form 50-162 or successor, for a parcel on the Deliverable). The Customer agrees to report such signings within 30 days; 4226 Tax may verify against subsequent public agent-of-record data. The second payment is invoiced net-15. If the milestone never occurs, no second payment is due.
2.3 Delivery is electronic. Deliverables are deemed accepted 5 business days after delivery unless the Customer notifies 4226 Tax of a material defect in the files (e.g., unreadable, wrong county or season).
2.4 No refunds after delivery, except for a material defect that 4226 Tax cannot cure within 10 business days.
3. License and restrictions
3.1 4226 Tax grants the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Deliverables internally for its own property-tax-consulting business for the tax season stated.
3.2 The Customer may present evidence documents and comparable data to owners, appraisal districts, review boards, arbitrators and courts in the ordinary course of its representation, and may reproduce them for that purpose.
3.3 The Customer shall not resell, sublicense, publish, or redistribute lead lists or bulk data; share Deliverables with another consulting firm; use Deliverables to train or build a competing product; or remove source citations or "Prepared for" labels.
3.4 Public-record inputs remain public. 4226 Tax claims rights only in its selection, arrangement, computations, documents and formats.
4. Data, accuracy, and the nature of estimates
4.1 Deliverables are computed from appraisal-district exports as published on the dates cited in each Deliverable. Appraisal districts revise rolls; 4226 Tax does not warrant that any value, owner, address, agent-of-record, exemption, or cap status remains current.
4.2 "Indicated value", "excess", "estimated savings", "future-year benefit", confidence tiers, and any historical performance figures are statistical estimates, not appraisals, opinions of value, legal conclusions, or predictions about any particular parcel. Historical performance is measured on other counties and years and does not guarantee any outcome.
4.3 Tax rates used for savings estimates may be prior-year adopted rates used as a proxy, as stated on each Deliverable.
5. Disclaimer of warranties
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN SECTION 2.3, DELIVERABLES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". 4226 TAX DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT A PROTEST, APPEAL, OR NEGOTIATION WILL SUCCEED OR PRODUCE ANY REDUCTION OR SAVINGS.
6. Limitation of liability
6.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 4226 TAX'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR ANY DELIVERABLE, UNDER ANY THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE), SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT THE CUSTOMER PAID 4226 TAX FOR THE DELIVERABLE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE.
6.2 IN NO EVENT SHALL 4226 TAX BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST CLIENTS, LOST CONTINGENCY FEES, LOSS OF DATA, OR COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY.
6.3 The Customer acknowledges that these limitations are an essential basis of the bargain and that the prices would be substantially higher without them. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in that case the limitation applies to the maximum extent permitted.
6.4 Any claim must be brought within one (1) year after it arose.
7. Indemnity
The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless 4226 Tax and its owner from third-party claims arising from the Customer's use of Deliverables, including any representation of a property owner, any statement made to an owner or tribunal, any licensing or solicitation obligation of the Customer, and any breach of Section 3.
8. Assignment to a successor entity
8.1 4226 Tax may assign these Terms, any order, any receivable (including a Founding Five milestone payment), and all rights and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without the Customer's consent, to any entity formed or controlled by 4226 Tax's owner to carry on the 4226 Tax business, including a limited liability company formed under the laws of Washington or another state (the "Successor Entity"). Upon written notice (email suffices) of such assignment, the Successor Entity shall be substituted for 4226 Tax as the contracting party with respect to the assigned rights and obligations, and the owner, as sole proprietor, shall be released from obligations arising after the effective date of the assignment, except as required by law.
8.2 Payments made to either the sole proprietorship or the Successor Entity in accordance with the most recent payment instructions discharge the Customer's obligation.
8.3 The Customer may not assign these Terms or any order without 4226 Tax's written consent, except to a successor to substantially all of the Customer's consulting business that assumes these Terms in writing.
9. Confidentiality and compliance
9.1 Each party will keep the other's non-public business information confidential. Deliverables are confidential to the Customer except as permitted in Section 3.2.
9.2 The Customer is solely responsible for complying with Texas Occupations Code ch. 1152, Tax Code ch. 41–42, TDLR rules, and any solicitation, advertising, and data-use laws applicable to its outreach to property owners. 4226 Tax does not supply consumer-protected personal data; Deliverables contain public appraisal-roll records.
10. Term, termination
Licenses run for the tax season stated. 4226 Tax may terminate for material breach uncured 10 days after notice; Sections 3.3, 4–8 and 11 survive.
11. General
11.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules; exclusive venue lies in the state or federal courts sitting in King County, Washington, and each party waives jury trial to the extent permitted.
11.2 Entire agreement; amendments only in writing (email confirmations suffice for orders). Severability. No waiver. Force majeure. Notices by email to the addresses on the order. Independent contractors; no agency.
11.3 These Terms are effective for orders placed on or after September 1, 2026 — version 1.0.
Contact: 4226 Tax · Seattle, WA · praneeth@4226tax.com