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Property Tax Guides and Answers
Plain answers about Texas property tax, from how a protest works to how your bill is calculated. Each article is reviewed by Daniel Ortiz and kept current, so the date at the top tells you when it was last checked.
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Protesting Your Taxes
How to Choose a Property Tax Protest Company in San Antonio
Last reviewed October 2026
Homeowners and Exemptions
How the Texas Homestead Cap Works
Last reviewed October 2026
Protesting Your Taxes
End-of-Year Texas Property Tax Tips
Last reviewed October 2026
Property Tax Calculators
Estimate your bill from the official rates for every taxing unit on it.
Appeal Guides
How the Texas appeal process works, and each way to challenge a value.
Protesting Your Taxes
Deadlines, evidence, hearings, and what happens after you file.
How to Choose a Property Tax Protest Company in San Antonio
What separates property tax protest companies in San Antonio: how cases are handled after you sign, how fees are calculated, and the questions to ask first.
Last reviewed October 2026
End-of-Year Texas Property Tax Tips
What Texas homeowners, business owners, and commercial owners should do before January 1, when next year's value is set.
Last reviewed October 2026
Rolled Market Values: What Happens the Year After a Protest
What happens to a Bexar County property value the year after a protest: the rolled values of 2025 and 2026, the 2027–2028 plan, and the clear and convincing evidence rule.
Last reviewed October 2026
What to Expect After You File Your Property Tax Protest
After you file a Texas property tax protest: the evidence exchange, the informal meeting, the ARB hearing, the order, your 60-day options, and the tax bill.
Last reviewed October 2026
How to Protest Your Property Taxes, Step by Step
How to protest your Texas property taxes yourself: the deadline, filing Form 50-132, getting the district's evidence, building your case, and the hearings.
Last reviewed October 2026
Commercial and Business Property
How income property and business assets are valued, and where the numbers go wrong.
The Income Approach to Value for Commercial Property
How Texas appraisal districts use the income approach to value commercial property: market rent, vacancy, expenses, cap rates, and where the numbers go wrong.
Last reviewed October 2026
Tangible Personal Property in Texas
Tangible personal property in Texas: what's taxable, examples, renditions, the $125,000 exemption, and how inventory is taxed. For business owners.
Last reviewed October 2026
Homeowners and Exemptions
New homes, the homestead exemption, and the 10% cap.
How the Texas Homestead Cap Works
The Texas homestead cap limits appraised value increases to 10% a year. What "HS cap loss" on your notice means, and why you should still protest.
Last reviewed October 2026
Texas Residence Homestead Exemption: How to Apply
How to apply for the Texas homestead exemption: who qualifies, the $140,000 school exemption, Form 50-114, deadlines, and what it saves in Bexar County.
Last reviewed October 2026
Understanding Property Taxes: New Construction vs. Existing Homes
How property taxes are assessed on a new construction home, why the second-year bill jumps, how to estimate it, and how existing homes compare.
Last reviewed October 2026
Tax Rates, Bills, and Law
Who sets your rate, when the bill is due, and what changed in Texas law.
Penalties for Not Paying Property Taxes in Texas
What happens if you don't pay Texas property taxes by January 31: the penalty and interest schedule, attorney fees, tax liens, payment options, and foreclosure.
Last reviewed October 2026
San Antonio and Bexar County Property Tax Rates
2026 property tax rates in San Antonio and Bexar County, how your bill adds up from each taxing unit, how rates are set, and what you can actually lower.
Last reviewed October 2026
New Texas Property Tax Laws: What Changed and What’s Next
Texas property tax law changes in effect for 2026: the $140,000 homestead exemption, the $125,000 business exemption, the circuit breaker, and what's next.
Last reviewed October 2026
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