In this issue House Ways and Means Committee Seeks Input on Interim Charges Property Tax Administration Advisory Board 3rd Quarter Meeting TTARA 2020 Golf Tournament Canceled House Ways and Means Committee Seeks Input on Interim Charges In lieu of extensive in-person hearings, Speaker Bonnen has outlined a number of ways in which House committees may…

In this issue TTARA Joins with COST: Asks Texas Supreme Court to Take Up Sirius XM Dispute Comptroller Expected to Offer Revised Revenue Outlook Monday TTARA 2020 Annual Meeting Going Virtual – December 8 & 9 Webcast July 23: An Overview of Local Gov’t Budgeting & Tax Rate Setting Process TTARA Joins with COST: Asks…

In this issue TTARA Releases Tax Burden Study Please Complete Our Membership Event Survey ICYMI: Recordings of Our Latest Webcasts Are Available Online TTARA Releases Tax Burden Study TTARA periodically assesses how state and local tax burdens fall on both individuals and businesses. This past week we released our most recent assessment, The Highs and Lows…

Texas has a reputation as a low tax state, but the truth is far more complex. Measured in per capita terms Texas is indeed a low tax state— 31st from the top in 2017, or 18% below the national average1—but the statistic is misleading because there is no such thing as a “capita” tax.

  The PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded by clicking the red “PowerPoint Presentation” button above. Agenda: 1.Dates of Interest 2.Revenue Update 3.Property Tax 4.Public Education and School Finance 5.Sales Tax 6.Franchise Tax