Win May Deter Similar Money Grabs Across Texas.
In 2015, Texas voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment to increase the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $25,000美元用于公立学校的税收估价. 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® was instrumental in passing this measure, which would provide a significant benefit to homeowners. When three school districts tried to take advantage of this amendment to the detriment of property owners, 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®介入.
With backing from the association’s Issues Mobilization/Political Advocacy Fund, 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® legal and governmental affairs staff worked with outside counsel to file lawsuits in 2016 against school districts in Kilgore, 小仲马, and White Deer to protect the local option homestead exemption. These lawsuits sought refunds of 税 wrongfully collected as a result of the school districts’ illegal reduction or repeal of previously adopted local option homestead exemptions.
The school districts challenged the 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® legal efforts, 导致多次法庭听证会, 发现纠纷, 以及三个上诉法院的诉讼程序, where 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® secured favorable rulings.
在法院待了六年之后, the school districts compromised and agreed to settle the 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® claims. The lawsuits were settled in the context of a class-action claim.
The efforts by 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® resulted in over 2,100 refunds across these three school districts totaling nearly $1 million:
- Kilgore ISD: 1447退款共计753,256美元
- 小仲马 ISD: 735退款，共计233,295美元
- White Deer ISD: The number of affected homeowners was so low that it did not warrant moving forward with the class action process. Instead, the school district agreed to pay the named plaintiff a refund of $452.
This outcome is a huge win not only for the individual property owners who received refunds of improperly collected property 税 but also for property owners across the state. The litigation resulted in multiple appellate decisions in favor of property owners over taxing jurisdictions and disincentivizes similar egregious action in the future.
I am very happy for all of the citizen that received their funds back. There is much more that needs to be done with regards the taxation system in TX specially in the North DFW area. The appraisal district are taking advantage of the people and they need to be challenge to do the right thing. I believe that if people don’t do anything we are all going to end up overpaying for property 税 and let the counties and state get away with it. Most citizen aren’t happy with the ways things are going with regards to Property 税,… 阅读更多»
干得好，德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人! 祝贺你的辛勤工作! 我为我们的职业感到骄傲.
感谢德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人®的介入!!
谢谢德克萨斯2021十大正规彩票app经纪人. And, I, agree there is still a lot that needs to be done in Texas in regards to taxation. This homestead information or the lack of information for many people has been awful. I am in East Texas and I have learned of many people, 不识字的人, that have NOT received their homestead exemption and the appraisal districts could do a much better job, 全面的, with informing tax payers as they come into to pay their 税.