February 23, 2015 In this issue: Legislative Meeting Thursday Feb. 26th TTARA on Tap for Testimony Property Tax Heating Up Chapter 313 School Finance Discounting the Discounts: Prepayment & Timely-Filer Sales Tax Discounts Property Tax Conference Call Wednesday March 4th Tax Update Luncheons in Houston March 10th & Dallas April 29th TTARA Legislative Meeting Thursday…

TTARA Update From the Tax Front In this Issue: State Auditor Releases Review of Economic Development Program When Is Too Much Money Not Enough? School Finance Bills TTARA Webcast Update December 5th State Auditor Releases Review of Economic Development Program The State Auditor today released their long-anticipated review of selected Chapter 313 agreements. Under Chapter…

TTARA Releases Research Report on Incentives TTARA today released an evaluation of the various methodologies the state uses to assess economic incentives and the projects they bring to Texas. Our report: Evaluating Incentives, A Rational Approach, points out some of the common errors and misconceptions about incentives. The state fixates on the value of the…

TTARA Research Report – Evaluating Incentives: A Rational Approach

In this issue: Tax Pressure on Compressors House Committee on Economic Incentives: TEF & TTARA Last Chance to Register for TTARA 2014 Annual Meeting Tax Pressure on Compressors For the past year the comptroller’s office has been reassessing their policy and its application of the sales tax exemption for manufacturing/processing under Tax Code 151.318 and…