Category: Property Taxes

Appraisals are done, but the tax rates that set your actual bill get adopted in late summer. How Truth-in-Taxation notices, hearings and Texas.gov/propertytaxes work.

At 65, Texas homeowners get an extra $60,000 school exemption and a permanent ceiling on school taxes. One free form with DCAD or TAD locks it in.

The May 15 protest window at DCAD has closed, but Texas Tax Code 25.25 corrections and good-cause late protests can still cut an unfair appraisal.

Texas Tax Code 33.06 lets homeowners 65 and older or disabled defer property taxes on the homestead. One affidavit, 5% interest, and a lien to weigh first.

The Texas homestead exemption now shields $140,000 from school taxes and costs nothing to file. The form, the matching-ID rule and the late window.

The May 15 protest deadline is Friday. How comparable-sales evidence wins appraisal protests at DCAD, and how to file through uFile in time.