by Lindsey Wilson Each year, the average American household spends $2,375 on real estate property taxes. Guess what, Texas: we're definitely not average. Cash-strapped Texans might not be surprised to learn that we have some of the highest property taxes in the country, according to a new
by Editor Ken Martin Not reappraising residential properties in 2020 will cause major problems for school districts Tom Leonard, superintendent of Eanes Independent School District, addressed the TCAD board of directors this morning. He presented a letter on behalf of eight of the 15 school districts who depend on
by Andrea Zelinski AUSTIN — Texans are so worried about funding for education and low pay for teachers that 6 in 10 people said they are willing to support higher taxes to better fund local schools, a poll recently released by the advocacy group Raise Your
Contributed report Property taxes on small acreages can now be lowered by keeping bees on the property. Texas law allows bees and beehives to qualify for reducing property taxes on plots ranging from five to 20 acres similar to livestock or raising hay. Dennis Herbert drafted the original
By Editor Ken Martin Face-to-face property value protests will be called “informal conferences” and property owners may wait two weeks to find out if TCAD lowered the value After 2019’s disastrous process for addressing value disputes between the Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) and property owners—which involved
The 2020 property tax season is just around the corner! Once again, we anticipate the appraisal districts will be very aggressive in setting higher values. In order to properly value your commerical properties, at this time of year we ask for the following documents: 2019 year-end income
It's property tax appeal time again! As an authorized agent of your residential property, we will file your protest timely unless you instruct us otherwise. Whether your valuation changed or remained the same, your real valuation may be lower. Our objective is to minimize your property