John Ames Dallas County tax Assessor
When former Dallas City Councilman Paul Fielding went online to pay his property tax bill that was due last Friday, he like thousands of other residents couldn’t. The sudden flood of traffic crashed the online payment site, sending Fielding and other taxpayers standing in line for hours in a hot, crowded office trying to meet…
When the Dallas Central Appraisal District website was hacked by a ransomware group in November, little information was released about how such a cybersecurity attack infiltrated the hub of information frequently used by homeowners and real estate professionals. To make matters worse, the hack occurred as residents were in the midst of paying their tax…
The Dallas Central Appraisal District is still operating on a bare-bones website in the wake of a ransomware attack, and one local tax expert says homeowners who corresponded electronically with the local office could be facing a security threat of their own. Glenn Goodrich, founder and CEO of propertytax.io, said he’s not mad at DCAD…
Two weeks ago, I received my property taxes on my second home. I was surprised by the thickness of the envelope – and then a sheaf of papers and four envelopers tumbled out. I figured it was some hiccup with the stuffing machine. It wasn’t. Hawaii has some seriously low property tax rates – for…
“Our family home caught fire on February 16, 2015 at 1 am. We were fortunate that my wife, two children and mother-in-law were all able to escape unharmed. I was in Austin on county business at the time. The fire was caused by an electrical shortage. After much consideration, we decided to rebuild our home…
