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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.
From Ballot to Handoff: How the Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan Actually Gets Done
The Texas Property Tax Replacement Plan is a complex series of legislative steps and events that will replace the Texas property tax system with a modernized Sales and Use Tax system with special citizen protections built in. This article provides the full plan timeline from proposed date of passage in the 90th legislative session through the end of the transition period.