5/11/10

The Texas Comptroller Susan Comb's Property Tax Division will be presenting two statewide telecasts and 27 webinars on adopting 2010 property tax rates during May, June and July. 

Complete the registration form at www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/50-754.pdf  to register for one of the seminars on adopting tax rates to be presented on June 2 and July 14 (the afternoon seminars are for school districts).   Registration is required to guarantee receiving a copy of the Truth-in-Taxation publication and presentation slides.  The seminar will cover how to calculate the effective and rollback tax rates, what to publish and when to hold a tax rate rollback election.  

2010
Truth-In-Taxation

A Guide for Setting School District Tax Rates

·     Introduction

·     Chapter 1 - Truth-in-Taxation Overview

·     Chapter 2 - The Effective Tax Rate

·     Chapter 3 - The Rollback Tax Rate

·     Chapter 4 - Required Public Notice and Meeting

·     Chapter 5 - Rollback Elections

·     Appendix 1 - 2010 Planning Calendar

·     Appendix 2 - 2010 Effective Tax Rate Worksheet

·     Appendix 3 - 2010 Rollback Tax Rate Worksheet

·     Appendix 4 - Additional Rollback Protection for Pollution Control

·     Appendix 5 - Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss Budget and Proposed Tax Rate (PDF, 141 KB) — Form #50-280

·     Appendix 6 - Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss Proposed Tax Rate(PDF, 168 KB) — Form #50-7777

·     Appendix 7 - Notice of Public Hearing to Discuss Budget(PDF, 145 KB) — Form #50-786

·     Appendix 8 - Sample Rollback Ballot

·     Appendix 9 - Tax Rate

·     The 2010 Truth-In-Taxation - A Guide for Setting School District Tax Rates (PDF, 1.5 MB)

To access the Texas Comptroller's announcement on the truth-in-taxation seminars click on the link below.

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/tnt10seminar.html