Property Taxes

The increase comes after voters approved several propositions at the ballot box in November, all of which will be paid for by raising property tax rates.

Voters were asked to approve a property tax rate increase of 2.5 cents per $100 valuation to pay for more affordable child care in Travis County.

The school boards in Austin ISD and Manor ISD each called tax rate elections for Nov. 5 to help cover the cost of raising staff salaries. Both districts are facing multimillion-dollar budget deficits.

District officials said if a voter approval tax rate election is successful in November, it will generate $41 million in additional revenue for the district. Nearly $18 million of that would be used to increase at least 60% of employees’ pay.

Travis County commissioners voted to put a tax rate hike on the ballot. If approved, it could cost the average homeowner an additional $126 annually.

The city will allow those who are 65 and older or have a disability and live in the home they own to keep more money from taxes.

While we love to complain about them, property taxes are also incredibly misunderstood. (Kind of like teenagers.) Let’s try to demystify them.

Three areas on the outskirts will be disannexed from the city. In one case, a single voter made the call.

The six areas totalling nearly 2 square miles – the largest area being Lost Creek in West Austin.

Paxton is trying to block the Austin Transit Partnership from borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars needed to build out the system.