Travis Central Appraisal District
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CAD Operations Stats
2021 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2021 County Appraisal District Statistics
2020 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2020 County Appraisal District Statistics
2019 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2019 County Appraisal District Statistics
2018 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2018 County Appraisal District Statistics
2017 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2017 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016 Travis Central Appraisal District Statistics
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
About CAD
- County: Travis
- Street Address: 8314 Cross Park Dr. Austin, TX 78754-5195
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 149012 Austin, TX 78714-9012
- Phone: 512-834-9317
- Website: www.traviscad.org
Major Cities: Austin, Del Valley, Garfield, Jollyville, Jonestown, Lago Vista, Lakeway, Manchaca, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills
Travis County Texas totals 1,023 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 1,290,188. Adjacent counties include Williamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Blanco, and Burnet. The total market value of real property and personal property in Travis County in 2020 was $282,000,000,000. Travis County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $5,000,000,000 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Travis County property owners protested the noticed value for 86,690 houses and 37,420 commercial and BPP properties. Travis County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 62% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Travis Central results in savings of $916,430,000 in 2020, or $7,384 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Travis was $20,190,000 including 129 employees.
Travis Central Appraisal District’s formal and informal hearing results are displayed above. The Travis Central Appraisal District total tax savings in 2020 of $166 million is less than the 2019 total property tax savings of $197 million. Travis County property owners protested the taxable value of 124,110 accounts in 2020. Travis County property tax protests were successful for 41% of informal and 62% of appraisal review board property tax protests . Homeowners saved $3 million at Travis CAD in informal protests and $27 million in appraisal review board (ARB) property tax protests.
Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
- Residential Property $416
- Commercial Property $4,050
August 2023
In 2021, the Travis Central Appraisal District informal hearings resulted in an estimated tax savings of $32.5 million and ARB hearings resulted in an estimated tax savings of $197 million, for a total of $229 million property tax savings.
July 2023
Protests at the Travis County Appraisal Review Board in 2021 generated an estimated property tax savings of $197 million, based on the tax assessment reduction of $7.8 billion granted by the Travis Central Appraisal District ARB hearings.
June 2023
In 2021, the value reduction achieved at informal hearings at the Travis Central Appraisal District was equal to $1.3 billion, which provided a property tax savings of around $32.5 million.
May 2023
In 2021, according to the Texas Comptroller’s data, 30,057 accounts in Travis County were resolved informally. 65% of the informal settlements at the Travis Central Appraisal District, or 19,443 of these resulted in a reduction.
April 2023
The Travis Central Appraisal District has recorded 141,184 property tax protests filed to the Appraisal Review Board in 2021. This represents a market value of $165 billion, which is equal to 52% of the total market value for the year.
March 2023
The Travis Central Appraisal District states the total market value for all property categories in 2021 as $316 billion. Single-family residential properties account for $161 billion, which is 51% of the total market value.
February
The total Travis Central Appraisal District budget was $20 million for 2021. The appraisal district managed to value 163,122 total parcels in the same year, so one can do the math to see the average budget per tax parcel was about $124.
January 2023
Travis Central Appraisal District estimated the value of real estate and personal property at $316 billion in 2021. This tax base is estimated to generate $8 billion in Travis County property taxes based on a 2.5% tax rate.
Travis County Property Tax Appraisal
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