Property Taxes

DCAD’s ‘Laissez-Faire’ Response to Ransomware Attack Causes Frustration as Tax Deadline Looms

By April Towery / January 11, 2023 /

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…

8 Important Stories From Dallas City Hall in 2022

By April Towery / December 26, 2022 /

A lot happened at Dallas City Hall in 2022 — some good and some that led us to shake our heads and say, “Sounds like a 2023 problem.” We at CandysDirt.com were challenged in narrowing it down to the biggest eight stories to come out of Dallas City Hall this year.  City Manager T.C. Broadnax…

Dallas Unveils $4.51 Billion Proposed Budget And ‘Reduced’ Property Tax Rate 

By April Towery / August 11, 2022 /

Dallas administrators reviewed Tuesday the city’s $4.51 billion proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The figure is based on a property tax rate of 74.58 cents per $100 assessed valuation, a reduction of about 2.75  cents from last year’s rate.  City Manager T.C. Broadnax said the proposed tax rate reduction represents the largest decrease…

Candy Evans: Dallas City Hall Says a Property Tax Reduction is on The Table, But It’s Not The Tax Break You Think

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2022 /

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, recently, interviewing agents there as I perused their gorgeous property offerings. Found out a lot of people are choosing Nashville over Dallas (and Texas) as they relocate from either California, the Midwest, or the East Coast. Why? Tennessee property taxes are one-third of Texas’. And there is no state income…

Bettencourt On Property Taxes: The Cavalry is Coming Over The Hill For Texas Homesteaders

By April Towery / July 12, 2022 /

Property taxes are one of the largest expenses homeowners face, and some Dallas County residents say rising appraisals are going to make their tax bills unbearable.  As property valuations go up, so do the corresponding tax bills, leading more than 201,000 Dallas residents to file protests this year arguing that, for example, the appraised value…