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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
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
  • 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.
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 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.