The Texas Property Tax System Charles E. Gilliland Research Economist Erica Bickham Heath Cover Gabriel Garcia Robert Jordan Matthew Trotter Sarah Whitmore Kristen Wiehe Research Assistants Publication 1192 Acknowledgements Deborah Cartwright Director Property Tax Assistance Division Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Connie Rose Information Services Team Leader Director Gary W. Maler Advisory Committee Douglas A. Schwartz, El Paso, chairman; David E. Dalzell, Abilene, vice chairman; Joseph A. Adame, Corpus Christi; Tom H. Gann, Lufkin; Celia Goode-Haddock, College Station; Joe Bob McCartt, Amarillo; Catherine Miller, Fort Worth; Nick Nicholas, Dallas; Jerry L. Schaffner, Dallas; Larry Jokl, Brownsville, ex-officio representing the Texas Real Estate Commission. Revised July 2011 December 1997 © 2011, Real Estate Center. All rights reserved. Real Estate Center Texas A&M University http://recenter.tamu.edu 2115 TAMU
[email protected] College Station, TX 77843-2115 979-845-0460 (fax) 979-845-2031 Solutions Through Research Contents Chapter 1 The Texas Property Tax System: An Overview ...............................1 Chapter 2 Property Rights, Ownership and Use .............................................11 Chapter 3 Market Value Concepts ..................................................................15 Chapter 4 Appraisal Principles .......................................................................19 Chapter 5 Appraisal Phase ..............................................................................23 Chapter 6 Equalization