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Property Tax Assistance Division - Important Dates

January
January
  • Appraisal district public information packet release
  • Appraisal Review Board (ARB) training registration concludes
  • 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) results.
February
February
  • ARB survey summary issued
  • ARB training begins
1
  • Electronic Property Transaction Submission (EPTS) due.
  • Application period opens for local governments seeking disabled veterans assistance payments.
February-May ARB training takes place each calendar year.
March
March
  • ARB training continues
  • Operations survey data due
  • Publication of legal requirements for rendition statements and availability of forms
  • SDPVS preliminary results protest deadline (not later than 40 days after certification of preliminary SDPVS results)
ARB training
April
April
  • ARB training continues
  • Acceptance of 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 veterans assistance payments.
May
May
ARB training concludes
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.
1 Deadline for filing an EARS test file submission
July
July
Truth-in-taxation website, forms and videos updated
26 Railroad rolling stock values certified.
August
August
Utility Data Report requested.
1
  • Electronic Appraisal Roll Submission (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.
1 EARS due for any appraisal district with fewer than 10,000 or more than 200,000 taxable parcels, excluding Category G parcels.*
15 Reappraisal plans due in even-numbered years.
October
October
  • Adjusted limit on gross receipts published
  • Farm and Ranch Survey due
  • MAP review notice and data request for next calendar year sent
  • Operations survey data posted
15
  • 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.
15
  • 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 subsquent applicable SDPVS required forms for all taxing units impacted by a tax rate election.
December
December
ARB training registration begins
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)

* After submission of an appraisal district's EARS, the following forms and data must be submitted: