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...
TCAD board rewards chief appraiser
Chief appraiser evades penalty for consequences of decision to bar property owners or agents from meeting with staff appraisers to protest valuesThe Travis Central...
TCAD 2020 to resume face-to-face informal protests
Customer feedback deadline 10am next Monday
This story was significantly revised and updated at 9:42pm Wednesday December 11, 2019.After concluding this year’s property value protest...
By every measure TCAD is having a bad year
TCAD board to discuss possible changes at December 18 meeting
If the chief appraiser wanted to jack up costs, create delays, and reduce customer satisfaction...
TCAD board gets earful about impact of barring face-to-face appeals
Board sets December 13 work session to discuss 2020 process
A trio of property tax agents whose two firms represented more than 54,000 Travis County...
TCAD alone in barring face-to-face informal protests
Not allowing face-to-face appeals created higher costs, reduced satisfaction, and delayed approval of tax rolls
If you are among the owners of the 400,000 residential...
