Tarrant appraisal district Property Tax Exemptions

Tarrant appraisal district

Property Tax Exemptions

The Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) offers various property tax exemptions to eligible property owners, reducing their tax burden. These exemptions include options for homeowners, such as homestead, disability, and senior citizen exemptions.
Non-profit organizations (including charities, schools, hospitals, and veterans’ groups) and property owners with limited mineral or business property are generally exempt from property taxes. Property owners can apply through the TCAD to ensure they receive the tax relief they qualify for

Homestead Exemption

The Tarrant Appraisal District provides the General Homestead Exemption for owner-occupied residential properties, reducing taxable value and lowering property taxes:

  • Homeowners must own and occupy their property as their primary residence and cannot claim another homestead exemption.
  • The exemption reduces taxable value and limits annual appraisal increases to 10% (homestead cap), lowering property taxes.
  • Applications must be submitted to TAD at no cost to qualify for the exemption.

For homeowners 65 or older, the Over 65 Exemption offers a property tax “ceiling” to limit school taxes.

  • Homeowners aged 65+ and surviving spouses (55+) qualify for this exemption if the deceased spouse had it.
  • Provides additional tax relief and sets a school tax ceiling, preventing increases while residing in the same home.
  • Applicants must submit proof of age, and surviving spouses must provide a death certificate and age verification.

This exemption offers tax benefits to homeowners with disabilities and their surviving spouses.

  • Individuals receiving disability benefits under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Act and surviving spouses (55+) of those who had the exemption qualify.
  • Provides an additional exemption and sets a school tax ceiling, preventing increases while residing in the same home.
  • Applicants must submit disability documentation, and surviving spouses must provide a death certificate and proof of age.

This exemption provides a full property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.

  • Veterans with a 100% VA disability rating and unremarried surviving spouses qualify for this exemption.
  • Provides a full exemption from property taxes on the veteran’s primary residence.
  • Applicants must submit VA disability documentation, and surviving spouses must provide a death certificate and proof of marital status.

This exemption applies to partially disabled veterans who receive a donated residence.

  • Partially disabled veterans with a 50%+ disability rating and surviving spouses who have not remarried qualify if the residence was donated by a charitable organization.
  • Exemption amount is based on the veteran’s disability rating percentage, offering significant tax relief.
  • Applicants must submit documentation of the disability rating, proof of the donated residence, and for surviving spouses, a death certificate and marital status evidence.

This exemption offers tax relief to surviving spouses of armed services members killed in the line of duty.

  • Unremarried surviving spouses of service members killed in the line of duty qualify for this exemption.
  • Provides a full exemption from property taxes on the surviving spouse’s primary residence.
  • Applicants must submit a death certificate and proof of the service member’s line-of-duty death.

This exemption provides tax benefits to surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.

  • Surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty qualify if they have not remarried.
  • Provides a full exemption from property taxes on the surviving spouse’s residence homestead.
  • Applicants must submit a death certificate and documentation verifying the first responder’s line-of-duty death.

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