Will property tax cuts include appraisal reform?

AUSTIN, Texas — With a document price range surplus offering the inspiration, decreasing our property taxes is the discuss of Austin, particularly amongst Republican lawmakers.

But State Rep. Craig Goldman says what that reduction appears to be like like stays an unanswered query.

“We’re all in favor of giving property tax cuts. We know that’s one of the biggest complaints our constituents talk about every single day with us. We feel it too. But we have to make it sustainable,” Goldman informed us on Inside Texas Politics.

The Fort Worth Republican says there’s no level in giving Texans a property tax minimize for one or two years solely to have to lift it once more a yr or two after that.

And as a result of many householders by no means even really feel a property tax discount, as a result of their houses hold rising in worth, Goldman says appraisal reform will probably be debated as nicely.

But he cautions that it’s nonetheless early within the course of.

“We’re at the beginning of the session and so many bills have already been filed and people are like, oh my gosh look at this bill that’s been filed, you know, I can’t believe it, or go bill go – whereas you don’t know if it’s even going to get a hearing,” he mentioned.