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As Texas home values skyrocket, state officials wrestle with how to slow property tax increases

Texas school districts, cities and counties rely heavily on property taxes to pay for roads, librari...

Source
Texas Tribune
Date
04/22/2022
Property Tax

Texas Taxpayers and Research Association: ‘property tax bills would not be going up unless local jurisdictions wanted to spend more money’

A report by the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) that citizens are beginning to real...

Source
Houston Daily
Date
04/21/2022
Property Tax

Your Property Tax Bill Could Be Way, Way Worse

If you’re like every other homeowner in Texas right now, you’ve looked at your property tax bill...

Source
D Magazine
Date
04/20/2022
Property Tax

With big tax implications, new Austin home appraisals soar

Per state law, all homeowners are protected by a 10% appraisal cap — any appraisal increase above ...

Source
Axios Austin
Date
04/18/2022
Property Tax

‘It’s crushing us’: Here’s what lawmakers plan to do about property taxes in Texas

There’s support among lawmakers for helping Texans with the costs of property taxes as the housing...

Source
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Date
04/14/2022
Property Tax

City homeowners will see some property tax relief next year, partly due to new state law

The City of San Antonio will likely reduce its property tax rate and increase its homestead exemptio...

Source
San Antonio Report
Date
04/14/2022
Property Tax

Two property tax-related constitutional amendments will be on the May 7 ballot in Texas

Texas’ real estate market is experiencing record-breaking growth and home prices are skyrocket...

Source
Texas Public Radio
Date
04/13/2022
Property Tax

Texas Senate Eyes Elimination of ISD Maintenance & Operations Property Tax Rate

As a political issue in Texas, property taxes have lingered longer than the Texas summer heat. The l...

Source
The Texan
Date
04/09/2022
Property Tax

The Texas Legislature may finally be preparing to cut your property taxes. Here’s how

It’s that time of the year, when we all begin to receive our “blue love notes” in the mail. I...

Source
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Date
04/09/2022
Property Tax Sales Tax

Opinion: Texas voters, beware of false promises of tax relief

Wouldn’t it be great not to pay any property tax? No more fighting with appraisal districts over o...

Source
Houston Chronicle
Date
02/23/2022
Economic Development

After backlash, Texas comptroller abandons plan to hide details of controversial tax break program

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is backing away from a proposal to reduce the information his office c...

Source
Houston Chronicle
Date
01/28/2022
Economic Development

Texas comptroller seeks to hide some details of controversial tax break program from public

The point of gathering that data, Bryan said, “was to evaluate the impact of proposed legislative ...

Source
Houston Chronicle
Date
12/03/2021

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