by Jeramy Kitchen | Apr 13, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives considered legislation seeking to lower the appraisal caps from the current threshold of 10 percent as it applies to homestead property down to 5 percent, while allowing the cap to apply to all real property. The...
by Vance Ginn | Apr 13, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Research
View Research in .pdf Form The Frozen Texas Budget Path to Eliminating Property Taxes An Overview Texans for Fiscal Responsibility provided a three-step process to eliminate all property taxes over the next decade by simply limiting government spending at the state...
by TFR Staff | Apr 13, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Podcast - Taxpayer Talks
Episode Description π° In this episode of π§ππ«π£ππ¬ππ₯ π§ππππ¦, we discuss what legislative priorities are moving, as they apply to what legislative leadership wants, and what they mean to Texas taxpayers. Show Notes/References TFRΒ Legislative Priorities House Bill 1:...
by TFR Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Texe Lege
In a year when taxpayers are barely hanging on and dealing with record-high inflation, rising energy costs, and historically high property taxes, the Legislature has opted to act decisively. They have wasted no time pushing for multinational, billion-dollar...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Apr 10, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Thursday of last week, the Texas House of Representatives considered House Bill 1, or the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the next biennium, fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The legislation represents the proposed state budget, the only item that lawmakers are...
