| Announcement Date | Announcement | Announcment Details | |
| 5/2/2008 | TTARA Golf Tournament Registration Deadline is May 5th | To register for the golf tournament, please click the more information link below. | URL |
| 4/23/2008 | Comptroller Offers More Details on Franchise Tax Extension | Yesterday, Comptroller Susan Combs announced that her office would allow a 30 day extension from the upcoming May 15 franchise tax deadline, due to “the complexity of the revised franchise tax and the newness of the enhanced electronic reporting methods.” Today, her office provided some more details. Please click on the more information link below to see the details. | URL |
| 4/23/2008 | Craddick Names Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform | House Speaker Craddick today announced the formation of the Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform, which will “oversee all matters relating to property tax relief and reforming the property appraisal system.” Please click on the more information link below to see Speaker's announcement. | URL |
| 4/23/2008 | TTARA’s John Kennedy Testifies Before House Local Government Ways & Means Committee | At today’s interim hearing of the House Local Government Ways & Means Committee to take invited testimony on the committee’s broad charge to examine the system for appraising property, John Kennedy presented oral and written testimony on TTARA’s recommendations for improving the system, ranging from consolidation of appraisal districts to enhanced state oversight to alternative appeal mechanisms. In addition, at the request of Chairman Fred Hill, Kennedy reviewed the announcement sent to TTARA members 12/7/07 concerning the issues and numbers associated with the proposal to increase state sales taxes to replace local property taxes. A copy of the written testimony can be found by clicking the more information link below. | URL |
| 4/22/2008 | Comptroller's Office Announces Franchise Tax Filing Extension | (AUSTIN) - Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced today that businesses who are unable to meet the May 15 due date for the franchise tax will have an additional 30 days to submit their returns or file an extension without penalty. The full press release is available by clicking the more information link below. | URL |
| 4/18/2008 | TTARA Staff Testifies at Legislative Committee Hearings | TTARA’s John Kennedy and Dale Craymer provided invited testimony earlier this week at Legislative Committee Hearings. The rest of the story is for members only. If you are a member, please login! | URL |
| 4/3/2008 | Information regarding the TTARA Research Foundation Property Tax Symposium, on May 20th, is now available | Please click on the more information link below, to view the information about the Property Tax Symposium. | URL |
| 4/3/2008 | TTARA’s Dale Craymer Chosen for Business Tax Advisory Committee | As Texas businesses prepare to file franchise tax reports using the new margin calculation and other revisions to the tax, a panel of tax experts, legislators and business representatives has formed to analyze the revised franchise tax’s effect on the business community and the Texas economy. The Business Tax Advisory Committee will issue a report to the Legislature by January 2009. To read the full press release, please click the more information link below. | URL |
| 4/2/2008 | Reporting forms now available for Revised Texas Franchise Tax | (AUSTIN) - Forms to report the revised Texas franchise tax based on the new margin calculation are now available on the state Comptroller’s Web site for the May 1 due date for initial and final filers and the May 15 due date for annual filers. The entire press release, as well as the forms can be found, by clicking the more information link below. | URL |
| 3/31/2008 | Online Golf Tournament Registration Payments Are Now Available | If you would like to pay for your Golf Tournament registration, you may now do so online, by clicking the more information link below. | URL |
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