Property Tax Trick, No Treat

 

The Largest Property-Tax Cut? Really?

 

It is likely that you have been told that our Texas Legislature has passed the “Largest property-tax cut in Texas history.” You will be told this by the legislators in person and through several mailers patting themselves on the back for the great job they did for you. It took them a special session to get anything done, but they did eventually pass property-tax relief. However, this was not exactly the historic moment your legislator would like for you to believe, and the tax relief was only part of the story. (more…)