WHERE DO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO?

More than 3,500 taxing entities across the state are expecting property owners to pay by February 1.  Collectively $49 billion will be levied for 2014,  according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.  Over 1,000 school districts across the state will collect $27 billion in 2014.  more than 1,200 special districts will levy $6 billion, according to       texastransparency.org          The state’s 254 counties house an average of 14   taxing entities each.  Homeowners provide the biggest slice of the property tax pie, making up about 42% of the total property tax value in Texas.  SO JUST PAY!