Property Taxes
The end of sales price non-disclosure might be near, if the suit filed by the City of Austin against the Texas comptroller’s office is any indication. Austin Mayor Steve Adler, who submitted the 10-page suit on Monday, argued that the ad-valorem taxation system is unconstitutional because it isn’t “equal and uniform.” Texas is one of…
In a refreshing move from the norm of most politicians, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says property owners may be due a property tax break. “I would love to look at a tax-rate adjustment,” said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings at last week’s council meeting. Rawlings is hoping he has enough support to lower the tax rate,…
May 1 means one thing in our household: a not so happy face. That’s because DCAD valuation change notices are sent out May 1, and hit the mailboxes shortly thereafter. Did you taxes go up? Need a forum to gripe? We’d love to hear from you at Candy’sDirt.com. According to Cheryl Jordan at the Dallas…
It’s just about that time, and we consulted our Tax Doctor, Rob Wheelock at Property Tax Managers, for help! A lot of homeowners escrow for taxes and insurance and their mortgage company will have paid your property taxes by now, but for those of you that pay them yourselves, pay attention! Taxes for 2013 are…
You have a few more days to protest your property taxes, then it’s all over for another year. While he sifts through the late-comers who decide they need a pro to help them lower property values before the May 31 deadline, I asked Rob Wheelock to give us the low down on property tax rates…
