Property Taxes

Senators have been given the first set of issues to study ahead of the next legislative session.

City Administrator Phil Harris now acknowledges that tax-rate notices emailed from Attorney General Ken Paxton were “authentic.”

City council members rejected a tax incentive for the property.

Grassroots activists recommended the database to improve local government transparency and accountability to Texas taxpayers.

While Gov. Greg Abbott has announced a sweeping plan for 2027, Texas homeowners continue to feel the burden.

Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, has proposed tackling rising appraisals and local tax increases.

More than a hundred school districts put bond propositions and permanent tax rate increases on the November 4 ballot.

Prop Q would have raised city property tax bills 20 percent.

School property taxes have been waived for the Fortune 500 company.

Proposition Q would raise city property tax bills 20 percent.

With interest, the school bond would cost local property taxpayers $1.1 billion—double what voters will see on the November ballot.

With interest, the school bonds would cost local property taxpayers $2.32 billion—66 percent more than the amount voters will see on the ballot.