Tax rate playground · worksheet, step by step

Where every number on the tax rate worksheet comes from

Pick a year and a limit. Each input is circled on the county's certified report, labeled A1, A2 ... for Travis CAD and B1, B2 ... for Williamson CAD. Then comes the simple math, then each line of the Comptroller's worksheet. At the end you can download the official form filled in with these numbers. Williamson-Travis Counties MUD No. 1 is the example; choose "Your district" to start blank.

Step 0 · Choose

Year, limit and averaging method

Tax year

Step 1 · Find the inputs

Four numbers per county per year: the homestead count, the average market value, the total homestead cap (the 10% limit on a homestead's appraised value, Tax Code 23.23), and the average taxable value. "Prior year" figures come from the current year's certified report, where the county restates last year. Inputs the chosen method does not use are dimmed. You can type over any value; changed cells turn amber.

Step 2 · Do the simple math

From county figures to one district average

The statute asks for the "average appraised value of a residence homestead in the district", disregarding the exemptions for people 65 or older and people with disabilities (Water Code 49.23602(a)(4)(C), 49.23603(a)(3)). Appraised value is the value after the homestead cap (Tax Code 1.04(8), 23.23). Neither county prints that average, so it is built here. The statute does not say how to combine two counties.

Step 3 · Fill the worksheet

Unused increment rate (lines 13 to 17, Tax Code 26.013)

For each of the three prior years: that year's voter-approval rate (A), its unused increment rate (B), and the rate actually adopted (D), times that year's total taxable value (F). A year adds revenue only when A minus B is more than D. Leave zeros if you do not have the figures; the form's "current total value" (Tax Code 26.012(6)) divides the sum.

Step 4 · Download

The Comptroller's form, filled with these numbers

The download is the Comptroller's 2026 fillable PDF with every line typed in from Step 3. A line at the top of each page says it is a resident's worksheet, not a filing. The signature block stays blank. For years before 2026, lines 13 to 15 name 2023 to 2025; read them as the three years before your tax year.