How much would Texas homeowners save under SB 4? With the 40% increase in the homestead exemption, Bettencourt estimates homeowners on average could save about $363 in school property taxes each year.

Some tax experts caution that leaders might be committing to unsustainable tax cuts — threatening public school funding and ...

This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for the state’s public ...

The Texas Senate is taking it a step further this week by approving a bill to increase the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for many property owners. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt ...

Six weeks into the legislative session, Texas lawmakers are focusing on education, property taxes and bail changes.

Texas lawmakers have once more vowed to provide tax relief ... Senate lawmakers want to focus further tax cuts on homeowners ...

AUSTIN — Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send two ...

Texas lawmakers have allocated $6 billion for property tax relief but disagree on who should benefit most. Texas lawmakers ...

Texas homeowners could save hundreds of dollars in annual school property taxes, building on the massive cuts lawmakers and voters approved in 2023, if a $22.7 billion state Senate priority ...