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Resident urges clearer tax statements after 2025 reformatting
Summary
A Comal County resident asked the court to reformat the 2025 property tax statement after changes to terminology and presentation that made it hard to reconcile exemptions and senior freezes; county staff invited follow-up after the meeting.
During the citizen comment period, Sherry Marchand said she received her 2025 tax statement and had to compare it with 2024 to understand changes in format and terminology. Marchand, who said she is over 65 and has a tax freeze, said the new statement uses "total market value" rather than the previous assessed-value presentation and does not clearly show freeze or exemption labels.
"There are a number of changes in format on this document, and I was a little concerned about that," Marchand said, asking the court to "consider reformatting it to make it more easily understood and more transparent so that we can determine how our tax base was calculated." The county judge invited her to meet after court to discuss specifics and staff offered to follow up.
Commissioners acknowledged the difficulty of revised statements after the recent election changed exemption amounts and asked staff to work with the property tax office to help clarify language to taxpayers.
