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What The Current Texas Tax System Costs Texas Households
Every current Texas state and local tax, $192.3B a year, traced to who really pays it using the Comptroller’s own incidence study. See what the average household pays ($12,463), why the lowest-income families give up 31.7% of their income vs. 8.7% at the top, how renters, businesses and HD109 fare, and how Texas compares with other states. Full sources and a downloadable data workbook included.
Who Is Really Paying More? What the “OBBBA” Impact Actually Was
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut 2026 federal taxes for six of seven income groups, including $1,160 for a middle-income family. Using ITEP, CBO, and BLS data, we break down what households gained, what the health-credit expiration and higher prices cost, and why the Biden-era price increase still costs most families more than the tax cut saves.
The Economic Resilience of Texas - Sales Taxes Justified
Critics of ending property taxes, replacing it with a flat sales tax, suggest that economic volatility and lack of resilience make a sales tax unreliable as a means of revenue for government. This article uses real data to demonstrate such a position to be ungrounded in reality.