The Virus Is Vaporizing Tax Revenues, Putting States in a Bind
With businesses closed and obligations mounting, state finances are stretched and poised to worsen.
Read MoreBeware of snake oil ‘property tax relief’
Freezing your property value does not freeze your tax bills because local tax rates aren’t frozen. How much you pay depends on how much local governments want to spend.
Read MoreBeware of snake-oil ‘property tax relief’
Are you tired of rising appraisals driving up your property tax bill? Some chief appraisers around the state are touting a path to “tax relief” for Texans suffering economically from the COVID-19 pandemic:
Read MoreDale Craymer: Beware of snake oil served up with property taxes amid COVID-19 crisis
Are you tired of rising appraisals driving up your property-tax bill? Some chief appraisers around the state are touting a path to “tax relief” for Texans suffering economically from the COVID-19 pandemic:
Read MoreTexas has been the poster boy for good economic news in the US, and its decimation by the coronavirus shows what a rough ride every state has in store
As local governments in the state (but not the governor) implement stay-at-home orders to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, Texans are sticking inside, reported Gregory Meyer for The Financial Times. The decline in fuel demand is one factor behind oil cratering to around $20, the other being the ongoing oil-pricing war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. And it’s…
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