Property Taxes
From Staff Reports Texas homeowners could soon see more property tax relief after the state Senate unanimously passed measures to increase the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 — the largest increase in state history. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) and supported by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, now heads to the…
CandysDirt.com told the heartbreaking story late last month of a Dallas couple struggling to get a senior homestead exemption despite clearly meeting the age requirement and having lived in the home in question for more than a decade. The problem, according to the Dallas Central Appraisal District, was that the home was recognized in their…
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…
An 83-year-old retired Southern Methodist University golf coach and his 74-year-old interior designer wife clearly qualify for a senior homestead exemption due to their age, but property tax bills are due today, and no such exemption exists for Barry Rodenhaver and Cindy Zelazny-Rodenhaver. That’s because the Dallas Central Appraisal District is classifying the home in…
Voters sent a signal at the polls in November that public safety and government accountability are high priorities, and without directly addressing his critics, Mayor Eric Johnson affirmed that those matters are also important to him during his Dec. 5 State of the City address. As expected, the mayor used the 30-minute speech to double…
