Travis Central Appraisal District
First-ever opportunity to elect appraisal board members
Right now local voters are of course focused on the Super Tuesday primary elections of March 5th, but another election two months later should...
Trust, but verify
We would like to think people in our nation’s highest offices adhere to the highest ethical principles.Yet recent news reports have exposed U.S. Supreme...
Announcing the Government Accountability Project
Local officials manage government organizations that spend billions of our tax dollars. They should always act in the public interest—not for personal profit. We...
School districts blast appraisal district
Not reappraising residential properties in 2020 will cause major problems for school districtsTom Leonard, superintendent of Eanes Independent School District, addressed the TCAD board...
Judge undercuts chief appraiser’s authority
Updated 11:05am February 18, 2020, to add a statement attributed to the chief appraiser.
Court order means chief appraiser must seek board approval for each...
Travis two-step a dance property owners won’t enjoy
Face-to-face property value protests will be called “informal conferences” and property owners may wait two weeks to find out if TCAD lowered the value
After...
TCAD board still debating 2020 protest process
Face-to-face meetings with staff appraisers likely but procedures in flux
Updated 10:35am January 17, 2020, to add link to audio file of January 13, 2020,...
Appraisal review board and appraisal district sued
Five Stone Tax Advisers seeks court order for Travis Appraisal Review Board to conduct protest hearingsAttorney Bill Aleshire today filed suit on behalf of...
