Texas cities are at odds over a proposal from the state comptroller to curtail deals that give companies including Dell Technologies Inc. and Best Buy Co. Inc., substantial chunks of their local sales tax collections as incentives to locate or stay there.

Between the school finance bill that cut property tax rates and the property tax reform bill which limited future growth of them, 2020 is the first year the Legislature’s plan for tax relief kicks in. Last year, lawmakers estimated the former bill would lower school district property tax rates by an average of 8 cents per $100 valuation in…

For Immediate Release                                                                                     Contact: Kirsten Voinis JAN 24, 2020             …

2019 may have been the perfect year for lawmakers to pass an ambitious and expensive school finance reform and property tax reduction plan. Now Texas politicians face questions about whether doing so — without raising taxes elsewhere — will be sustainable in less auspicious times.