Texas Suffers Steepest Decline in Sales Tax Revenue in a Decade

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today reported state sales tax revenues for the month of April totaled $2.58 billion, which is 9.3% less than the...

Dan Patrick threatens to use "nuclear option" to skirt Senate tradition and bring property...

Faced with a stalemate on his priority property tax proposal, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that if no deal materializes over the weekend,...

Morgan Meyer is Raising Your Taxes

 Taxpayers across Texas are paying more in taxes and getting less, and failed policymakers like Morgan Meyer are to blame.

Is Texas A Good State For Retirement?

In short, no.  WalletHub, a personal finance website, ranked the best states to retire to across three metrics. “Affordability,” or the adjusted cost of living,...

Big Tax Bills Surprise New Homeowners in Denton

Texas already has one of the highest property tax rates in the country, but some North Texas residents found thousands of dollars in additional...

Texas Developers Find a New Cash Cow: Cows

A recently enacted Texas law gives agricultural property owners a break in rollback tax, providing them financial benefits by reducing mandated rollback years as...

Gary Elkins is raising your taxes

Don’t be fooled. We are paying more in taxes and getting less, and Gary Elkins is to blame.
Property Taxes

Texas Cities Could Raise Taxes Now. Here’s Why They Aren’t.

In 2019, Senate Bill 2 was passed, capping property tax rates in Texas. But there was a loophole regarding states of emergency that would...

Texas House Republicans Accuse Senate of Framing Property Tax Plan as “California” Model

There is no dirtier slur in Texas Republican politics than describing something as like “California,” and the term has now entered the property tax...

Rigged: How Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Property Taxes for Homeowners

Over the past 10 years, Texas legislators have voted to cut taxes for corporations while freezing education spending, passing the buck to Texas homeowners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoACtM3vpGQ Toxic...
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