Tax War Update: House Surrenders on Homestead Exemption While Keeping Appraisal Caps Last week, in a late Friday meeting at Chairman Meyer’s desk, the House Ways and Means Committee voted out substitutes for two of the Senate’s tax relief bills. The bills have now been set on the House calendar for Thursday, May 18th. SJR…

March 14, 2023 In this issue Welcome Jennifer Rabb to TTARA! House & Senate Tax Plans Laid Out School Tax Incentives Legislation Upcoming TTARA Meetings & Webcasts Welcome Jennifer Rabb! We are thrilled to announce that TTARA has hired Jennifer Rabb as the Association’s Vice President. Jennifer is well known in Texas tax circles and comes…

TTARA Releases New Short Video Explainer on Appraisal Caps (Click on the play button below to view the video) In addition to our latest research report The Price of Appraisal Caps: Higher Taxes for Everyone Else that was released last month, TTARA has produced a short video explainer on the topic. Checkout the short video clip below….

Appraisal Caps Come with High Costs to Others The Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) has released a new report assessing how appraisal caps impact property taxes. TTARA’s study, The Price of Appraisal Caps: Higher Taxes for Everyone Else, assessed the impact of Texas 10% appraisal cap. TTARA’s study found that in 2022, appraisal caps saved…

Today, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced House committee assignments for the 88th legislature. The Ways and Means Committee is particularly important to TTARA as it oversees all state and local tax legislation. Morgan Meyer (R–Highland Park) returns as chair of the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Shawn Thierry (D–Houston) as Vice-Chair. Seniority…