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Comptroller explains property‑tax cycle, school‑value study results and triggered reviews
Summary
The Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division briefed the House Committee on Ways and Means on Texas’s locally administered property tax system, the school district property value study preliminary results and the agency’s targeted appraisal reviews (TARP).
Allison Mansfield of the Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division told the committee that property tax appraisal in Texas is a locally administered process and outlined how the state evaluates local work through the school district property value study and other oversight tools.
Mansfield said appraisal districts — political subdivisions whose boundaries align with counties — appraise property at market value as of Jan. 1 each year; appraisal review boards (ARBs) hear protests and must approve appraisal records by July 20. She explained that businesses must file a rendition to report tangible personal property values and that appraisal districts typically use mass appraisal methods subject to USPAP standards.
On the school district property value study, Mansfield provided summary…
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