Deciphering Tax Notices
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Deciphering Tax Notices
Statutory Authority
Sequence of Events
PowerPoint Presentation
Contents of Tax Rate Notice
Components of Property Tax Rate
Last Year’s Tax Rate
This Year’s Effective Tax Rate
Adopting a Tax Rate Above the Effective Rate
This Year’s Rollback Tax Rate
Slide 11
Rollback Rate Ramifications
Statement of Increase/Decrease
Unencumbered Fund Balances
Slide 15
Debt Service
Expected Revenue from Additional Sales Tax
State Criminal Justice Mandate
“Ciphered” Information in Tax Notices
Slide 20
Slide 21
“Show me the money!!!”
“The Truth about Tax Rates”
Summary
“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” Winston Churchill
“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.” Ronald Reagan
“If taxes can’t be lowered during growth, when can they?”
“If taxes can’t be lowered during growth, when can they?” Charles Ruppert
QUESTIONS ?
Author:
Charles Ruppert
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Independent Texans of Williamson County
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