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"...Austin school leaders ask voters to approve a property tax increase in the November election, and if voters do..."

"...dialed back his bill's provisions targeting local school property taxes; an increase to the homestead exemption was scrapped, and..."

"...The great tax equity revolt of 2014 was fun while it lasted...."

"...months of each year, the nonprofit shifts deep into tax mode, providing free income-tax preparation for low- to moderate-income..."

"...In a year when rising property taxes have consumed political attention throughout the state, the Travis..."

"...to that mantra, and handed out $3.8 billion in tax cuts, rather than re-invest a smoke-and-mirrors surplus...."

"...The "titty tax" – a $5 surcharge for everyone attending a sexually..."

"...Chronicle only noted the resulting unfair change in property taxes owed, that only the rich are likely to get..."

"...finance as a well-timed opportunity to pitch an income tax plan to pay for public education. The press conference..."

"...city budget staff presented to City Council a potential "tax swap" with Austin ISD, as a means to address..."

"...The Tax and Spend Business Lobby..."

"...the Austin Independent School District asked voters for a tax increase – four years of statewide cuts and local..."

"...campaign faulting Nelda Wells Spears' performance as Travis County's tax assessor-collector – and urging voters to elect him to..."

"...Perry has appointed 24 members to a new Texas Tax Reform Commission, six weeks after naming former state Comptroller..."

"...Two separate analyses of the county's pursuit of delinquent taxpayers turned up two different answers – yes and no...."

"...pay the steepest price for the insidious form of taxation called "tolls," and they are waging their war against..."

"...Editor, The letters in your last issue decrying Austin property-tax levels have several logical and factual flaws ["Postmarks," March..."

"...Dear Editor, In Michael King’s article ["Could Tax Swap Make the Cut?" News, Aug. 11], he completely..."

"...Alternatively nicknamed the "pole tax" and the "titty tax," the $5-per-customer fee on live..."

"...The infamous "titty tax" is still fighting its way through the courts. Now..."

"...potentially violating both the First Amendment and the state tax code...."

"...Democratic primary would be the race for Travis County tax assessor-collector, raise your hand. (Oh, you did not –..."

"...by school districts and counties through increasingly higher property taxes. Furthermore, the state depends on a regressive sales tax..."

"...Lucas Hnath's play Death Tax begins with a nurse just doing her job and..."

"...waterfront property on Lake Austin have avoided paying city taxes for more than a century...."

"...local governments delving into the complicated realm of federal tax credits for the first time, and you pretty much..."

"...staff reported, but a permanent raise would require a tax hike and a tax ratification election under state law...."

"...making up nearly 40% of General Fund revenues, property tax is by far the largest contributor to the city's..."

"...of real and imagined failings, 16-year incumbent Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector Nelda Wells Spears quickly learned her worries were..."

"...and described in the table of contents only as "Tax Administration 34 TAC §3.722," these are the rules that..."