April 2 property tax renditions deadline

​​AUSTIN – April 2 is the deadline for filing property tax renditions.

A rendition is a list of the taxable inventory, furniture and fixtures, machinery, equipment, and other property owned or managed as of Jan. 1 of each year.

It allows property owners to record their opinion of their property’s value and ensures that the appraisal district notifies property owners before changing a recorded value. Exempt property, such as church property and equipment used for farming, is not subject to rendition.

The appraisal district may use the information to set property values. ​

Owners whose property was damaged by storm, flood, or fire last year may file a special decreased value report, which indicates their property’s condition on Jan. 1, 2018. Filing the decreased value report could lower their final tax bills for 2018.

Rendition forms and decreased value report forms are available from county appraisal district offices statewide and can be downloaded from the state comptroller’s property tax forms webpage.

For more information​, taxpayers may contact the comptroller’s property tax assistance division at 800-252-9121 (press 2 to access the menu and then press 1 to contact the Information Services Team) or visit the division’s ​website.​