The homestead exemption is free money. Thousands of Texans never claim it.
It takes $140,000 off the value your school district taxes you on, caps how fast your appraisal can climb, and the district charges nothing to file it. I’ll do the paperwork and make sure it actually gets approved.
Missed the April 30 deadline? Texas lets you file up to two years late. You can still fix this.
Free exemption check
Takes about 30 seconds. I’ll reply by email with what’s on file and what you’re missing.
Nobody from the county is going to call and remind you.
The homestead exemption isn’t automatic. If you bought a house and never filed Form 50-114, you’re being taxed on the full value. Every year. Quietly.
It doesn’t just cut your bill once. It also turns on the 10% cap that stops your appraised value from jumping as fast as the market. Every year you go without it, you lose both.
I spent six years inside an appraisal district. I watched a lot of these applications come back rejected over stuff that takes ten seconds to fix.
Recent buyers get hit hardest
The cap doesn’t follow the house when it sells. Until your exemption’s on file, nothing holds your value back.
Filing wrong gets you denied
Your driver’s license address has to match the property. It’s the most common reason applications bounce.
Stacked exemptions get missed
Over 65, disabled, or a disabled veteran? Those stack on top. Plenty of people claim one and never the rest.
Districts can make you reverify
Miss that letter and an exemption you already had can come off your account.
Three steps. You do almost none of them.
Tell me where you live
Name, email, address. That’s the whole ask. I pull your record and see what you have and what you’re missing.
I prepare and file
Form 50-114, every exemption you qualify for, filed with the right district. Late applications for prior years too.
I confirm it stuck
Filing isn’t the finish line. I follow up until the exemption shows on your record, and tell you what it changed.
All 254 Texas counties. Yes, yours too.
Every appraisal district in Texas uses the same Form 50-114 and the same Tax Code. What changes is how picky each one is about the paperwork. Big metro district or one-stoplight county, the details are where people get burned.
Filing It Right
First-time applications
- Filed with your county’s appraisal district
- ID address matched to the property
- Over-65, disabled, and veteran exemptions
Catching Up
Owned it for years, never filed
- Late applications for prior tax years
- A free check of what’s already on file
- Exemptions you qualify for but never claimed
The exemption and the protest aren’t the same fight.
People mix these up constantly. They stack. Filing your exemption doesn’t protest your value, and protesting doesn’t file your exemption.
Lowers what’s taxed
Free to file. One application, renews on its own. Due April 30, late filing allowed up to two years. Cuts your taxable value and turns on the 10% cap.
Fights the number
Filed every year you want to challenge the appraisal. Due May 15 or 30 days after your notice. Argues the district’s value is wrong in the first place.
Floor and ceiling
The exemption sets the floor. The protest fights the ceiling. If you only do one, you’re leaving money on the table.
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FAQ
I think I already filed. How do I know?
Look up your property on your appraisal district’s website and check the exemptions on your record. Not sure what you’re looking at? Send me the address and I’ll check it.
Do I have to refile every year?
No. Once the general homestead exemption is approved it renews on its own as long as it’s your main home. Districts can ask you to reverify now and then, and you have to tell them if your eligibility changes.
I missed April 30. Am I out of luck?
No. Texas allows late homestead applications up to two years after the delinquency date. That’s the main reason to deal with this now instead of waiting for spring.
I just bought my house. Can I file now?
Usually, yes. You can apply once you own it and live in it. Recent buyers are also the most exposed group, because the 10% cap doesn’t protect you until the exemption’s on file.
Does this work on a rental or a second home?
No. The homestead exemption only covers your main home. Not rentals, not the lake house, not property held in an LLC.
What does it cost to have you do it?
The lookup’s free. I’ll tell you what’s on file and what you’re missing, no obligation. If you want me to handle the filing from there, my fee is 25% of the tax savings.
You’re either claiming it
or you’re paying for not claiming it.
Send me your address. I’ll tell you what’s on file and what you’re missing. Free.