Options for Paying Property Taxes by the Deadline

Options for Paying Property Taxes by the Deadline

Property taxes in Texas are due by January 31st. If unpaid on February 1st the county will start adding penalties and interest. The penalty starts at 6% and the interest starts at 1% for a total of 7% being added on February 1st. The penalty and interest will increase...
How do Texas property tax loans help property owners?

How do Texas property tax loans help property owners?

Property taxes have always been a hassle for Texas property owners. Texas has the second-highest property tax rates in the country. For many Texans, their tax bills are sent out right before the holidays when budgets get tight. If a property owner can’t pay their...
What happens if you don’t pay your property taxes?

What happens if you don’t pay your property taxes?

Do you know why property owners must pay property taxes in Texas? Property tax dollars help build and maintain infrastructures within counties and helps pay for other community services such as police and fire services. The importance of paying property taxes in Texas...
Why is it important to pay your property taxes?

Why is it important to pay your property taxes?

The problems that Texans face when owning a home, commercial property, or land is that not only are you paying monthly bills on it, you still have to pay annual property taxes on it. Michael L. Young explains in Reading Eagle Business Weekly “according to the Tax...