by Andrew McVeigh | Oct 1, 2026 | State
On September 30, Comptroller Don Huffines continued the implementation of his Taxpayer First Project with the signing of an executive order1 aimed at a tax Texans never voted for: sales tax on the fee a seller, a restaurant, or a gig worker pays a platform, stacked on...
by Andrew McVeigh | Sep 18, 2026 | State
Every penny should be returned to Texas taxpayers. Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday1 that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from the federal government to reimburse border security costs Texas taxpayers carried during the Biden administration. After speaking with...
by Andrew McVeigh | Sep 4, 2026 | Local
Lubbock is preparing to raise city property taxes on local taxpayers, again. The rate proposed for 20261 is $0.513421 per $100 of valuation, which is above the no-new-revenue rate of $0.475154 and just under the voter-approval rate of $0.513447. Because the...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 28, 2026 | Local
Harris County is Proposing an 11.8% Spending Increase along with Higher Property Taxes. Harris County is considering adopting a Fiscal Year 2027 budget1 of nearly $3.1 billion. That is roughly $327 million more than the nearly $2.8 billion general-fund budget2 the...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 27, 2026 | State
The Project Seeks to Reform How Texas Collects Taxes Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced on August 181 a package of tax-administration reforms he is calling the Taxpayer First Project. The Comptroller’s office said the new policies, “collectively known as the...
