June 20, 2014 Texas Economic Development Incentives Under Scrutiny Again Reflecting the priority he assigns to economic development, House Speaker Joe Straus today announced the creation of the House Select Committee on Economic Development Incentives, to be chaired by Rep. Angie Chen Button of Richardson and vice-chaired by Eddie Rodriguez of Austin. Other members of…

June 17, 2014 In this issue: Property Tax: Focus on Appraisals May be Misplaced Surplus Ahead: State Revenues Continue to Roll Revisiting State Tax Appeals Meeting September 16th 2014 Annual Meeting October 22nd & 23rd Property Tax: Focus on Appraisals May be Misplaced Over the past few months, a number of Texas newspapers have written…

Attorney General Files Motion to Recuse Judge Dietz from School Finance Trial The Attorney General’s office yesterday filed a Motion to Recuse Travis County District Judge John K. Dietz from the ongoing school finance case on the basis that “the Judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned” as a result of ex parte communications with the…

In this issue: TTARA Testifies on State Fiscal Practices Comptroller Readies Chapter 313 Rules and Forms State Revenues Continue to Roll TTARA Webcast June 6th TTARA Testifies on State Fiscal Practices TTARA’s Dale Craymer was invited to address a House Appropriations Subcommittee chaired by Drew Darby (R-San Angelo) on the state’s use of dedicated revenues…

In this issue: More Comments on Property Tax & Sales Tax Rules Great 2014 TTARA Golf Tournament! More Rule Comments In recent weeks, the Comptroller’s Office has circulated a number of rules, both formally (published in the Texas Register) and informally (a draft prior to submission to the Texas Register). TTARA has submitted comments on…