Howard County
What the county's number looks like in Howard County.
The homestead exemption is worth about $1,160 a year here. The combined rate is 1.402%. Here's what a protest does with that.
Worked example
What a protest is worth on a Howard County home.
On a home the county has at $400,000, a 7% reduction is $28,000 off the value.
Howard County
An example, not a quote.
| Value removed | $28,000 |
| At Howard County's 1.40% rate, you save | $392 |
| Our fee, 40% | $157 |
| You keep | $235 |
Every house is different, we pull your exact appraisal district account before we file anything, and we will tell you plainly if we do not think a protest is worth filing on your home.
Representation
What we do in Howard County.
We file your homestead exemption free, then represent you against the county's number every spring. If we think we can bring it down, we file the protest and handle it for you.
It costs nothing to sign up. You only pay us if we save you money. When we do, our fee is 40% of the tax you saved, after the county agrees.
Nearby rates
Counties with a similar rate.
- Lampasas County1.40%
- Rockwall County1.40%
- Lavaca County1.40%
- Cherokee County1.40%
- Brown County1.39%
- Houston County1.41%
Four in five Texas homes let the county's number stand last year. Of the ones that fought, seven in ten brought a representative.
Sources: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey (Q9.1.1, Q9.3); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year, tables B25024 and B25003.
Twenty seconds
Here's what the county has you at.
Less than 2 minutes. No credit card to sign up.