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County appraiser warns 3% valuation caps shift, not cut, local property taxes
Summary
Ellis County Appraiser Eugene Rupp told commissioners that a hypothetical 3% cap on appraised values wouldn’t reduce total tax collections but would shift tax burdens among owners; he showed examples and noted a 2026 law exempting many types of personal property will shift about $1 million of assessed value to real estate.
Eugene Rupp, Ellis County appraiser, told the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 12 that valuation or assessment caps—commonly discussed as a way to reduce homeowners’ tax bills—do not lower the total dollars taxing entities must collect.
“Appraised valuation or assessed valuation caps do not result in less taxes being collected by taxing entities,” Rupp said, and instead “result in taxes being shifted and can quickly lead to disparities and distortions in local housing markets, losing tax fairness and equity by creating winners and losers.” He used a three‑page handout and a worked example based on $250,000…
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