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Property Tax Assistance Division - Important Dates

January
January
  • Appraisal district public information packet release.
  • Appraisal Review Board (ARB) training registration begins.
  • Methods and Assistance Program (MAP) final reports released for prior calendar year.
  • MAP referrals to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation of appraisal districts that failed to complete recommendations included in their final MAP report published two years prior.
  • MAP reviews begin for current calendar year.
  • Operations survey sent to chief appraisers.
1 Chief appraiser eligibility notification due.
31 Certification of preliminary School District Property Value Study (SDPVS) findings.
February
February
  • TLO training begins.
1
  • Electronic Property Transaction Submission (EPTS) due.
  • Application period opens for local governments seeking disabled veteran assistance payments.
March
March
  • ARB survey report issued
  • ARB training is available.
  • Publication of legal requirements for rendition statements and availability of forms.
  • SDPVS preliminary findings protest deadline (not later than 40 days after certification of preliminary SDPVS findings).
31 Operations survey data due.
April
April
  • Acceptance of Electronic Appraisal Roll Submission (EARS) test file submissions through June 1.
  • Request special district market and taxable values and no-new-revenue, voter-approval, M&O and I&S tax rates.
1 Deadline for qualified local governments to file applications seeking disabled veteran assistance payments.
May
May
Truth-in-taxation website, forms and videos updated.
15 Deadline for ARBs to adopt ARB hearing procedures; adopted hearing procedures must be submitted to PTAD within 15 days of adoption.
June
June
Oil and Gas data submission requested.
July
July
15 Deadline for filing an EARS test file submission.
26 Railroad rolling stock values certified.
August
August
Utility Data Report requested.
1
  • EARS due for any appraisal district with fewer than 200,000 taxable parcels but more than 10,000 parcels, excluding Category G parcels.*
  • EPTS due.
  • Oil and Gas data submission due.
On or about 15 SDPVS final results certified to commissioner of education.
September
September
  • Utility Data Report due.
  • Farm and Ranch Survey released.
  • MAP Preliminary reports released to chief appraisers for current calendar year.
  • Notification sent to appraisal district BOD if a school district's local value is found invalid in the final SDPVS.
  • Notification and preliminary data request is sent to appraisal districts that will receive a Targeted Appraisal Review Program (TARP).
1 EARS due for any appraisal district with fewer than 10,000 or more than 200,000 taxable parcels, excluding Category G parcels.*
October
October
  • Adjusted limit on gross receipts published.
  • Farm and Ranch Survey due.
  • MAP review notice and data request for next calendar year sent.
  • TARP reports released
  • Operations survey data posted.
15
  • TARP reviews begin for current cycle.
  • Deadline for appraisal districts to submit Form 50-886-a, Tax Rate Submission Spreadsheet (XLSX) (required for all taxing units), with complete information for all taxing units.
  • Deadline for all appraisal districts to submit all SDPVS required forms including certified freeze recaps and/or required backup documentation for all taxing units.
November
November
1
  • Remaining data from appraisal districts due for final MAP reports for the current calendar year.
  • Report on residence homesteads subject to certain property tax limitations, deferrals and abatements issued.
17 Deadline in 2026 is Nov 17 to allow 2 full weeks from the Nov election date.
  • Deadline for appraisal districts to provide a subsequent post-election submittal of Form 50-886-a, Tax Rate Submission Spreadsheet (XLSX), with final tax rates.
  • Deadline for appraisal districts to provide subsequent applicable SDPVS required forms for all taxing units impacted by a tax rate election.
December
December
1 Electronic responses to Comptroller's ARB survey due.
16 SDPVS pre-preliminary data release. (Clerical corrections from appraisal districts or school districts are due three weeks after release.)
31
  • Biennial property tax report issued in even-numbered years.
  • Comments and suggestions received by taxpayer liaison officers outside of the Comptroller's ARB survey due.
  • Statewide List of Tax Rates posted. (Tax Code Section 5.091)
  • Annual report on Appraisal District Ratio Study report issued.
  • "Report on Cost of Property Tax Exemptions for 100% Disabled Veterans" report issued in even-numbered years.

* After submission of an appraisal district's EARS, the reports on property value forms must be submitted.