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In the six clinics held in Dallas this year, about one out of every three families did not have a homestead exemption or a senior or disabled exemption, even though they qualified, saidThis means these Texans are overpaying. She guesses that many don’t open their mail and study it. I will note that tax notices are often written in legalese and use Latin words like ad valorem, which means “according to value.”
Lower-income and Hispanic homeowners are less likely to protest, the study concluded. But with more assistance, more families would protest.
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