Testimony at Ways & Means Interim Hearing on Chapter 313 (Video)
Sept. 8, 2022 – Every Texan Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testifies before the Texas House Committee on Ways and Means on Chapter 313.
Dick Lavine
April 5, 2023
Sept. 8, 2022 – Every Texan Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testifies before the Texas House Committee on Ways and Means on Chapter 313.
View this blog as a PDF here. This is an updated version of our biennial report on the state and local tax systems. View the
View this blog as a PDF here. This is an updated version of our biennial report on the state and local tax systems. View the
Wherever we live in Texas, taxes support the essential public services that we all need, whether we are Black, brown, or white. But our tax
This is an updated version of a report published September 2nd, 2021. Read that post here. Property tax cut bills in the 2021 special sessions
The state needs sufficient revenue to provide education, health care, transportation and other critical services for Texans. But this Wednesday, March 17, the House International
A substantial drain on future state resources may continue to be the program of school property tax abatements known as “Chapter 313,” after its section
Our state’s tax system is upside down. Texas households that are least able to afford it pay the most in taxes as a percentage of
On March 1, 2021, Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testified before the Texas House Ways and Means Committee. Lavine highlighted the costs of state tax
A fair and adequate tax system would allow the state to invest in the building blocks of thriving communities — schools, health care, public safety,