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A residence homestead is a person-only tax break. When companies keep it — or keep a senior exemption no company can hold — the burden quietly shifts to the homeowners who qualify. No statewide system catches it.
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What you’re looking at
A scrollytelling investigation of the Travis Central Appraisal District review that confirmed 15 entity-held residence-homestead exemptions for removal — five of them carrying the over-65 senior exemption a company cannot hold. Walks the statute, the fifteen accounts, the eleven taxing jurisdictions absorbing the loss, and the five-year recapture question.
The question behind it
Turn TCAD's July 23, 2026 written confirmation and its 2026 certified roll into a public, inspectable narrative: what the law says, what the screen found, what the district confirmed, and what happens next.
Why it matters
A residence homestead is a person-only tax break. When companies keep it — or keep a senior exemption no company can hold — the burden quietly shifts to the homeowners who qualify. No statewide system catches it.
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Sources & method
- TCAD 2026 certified appraisal roll
- TCAD written confirmation dated July 23, 2026
- Travis County Truth-in-Taxation adopted rates
Method
Each of the 23 submitted accounts was re-checked against live TCAD records before publication; 15 were confirmed by TCAD Chief Strategy Officer Cynthia Martinez on July 23, 2026. Companion evidence page at /tcad-15/ carries the jurisdiction-level estimates and the confirmed-removals CSV.