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Van Zandt County gets preliminary appraisal roll as commissioners set tight budget timeline
Summary
At a Van Zandt County budget workshop, officials reviewed preliminary appraisal district numbers that show taxable value rising even as market value fell and discussed legally required budget and tax-rate deadlines ahead of September adoption.
Van Zandt County officials reviewed preliminary numbers from the Van Zandt County Appraisal District and reiterated a compressed schedule for finalizing the fiscal 2026 budget and proposed tax rate.
The county received appraisal data on April 15 showing 2025 market value down compared with 2024 but taxable value up: market value fell by roughly $300 million while taxable value increased to about $6,265,282,911. County staff said certified appraisal rolls are due July 25 and that the county must file a proposed budget by July 30, with adoption and the public hearing on the tax rate scheduled for Sept. 10.
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