Property taxes in Tarrant, Parker and Johnson counties

Each address pays a city (if it is inside one), a school district, a county, and a short list of other units. The table adds up the usual combination in each area using adopted 2026 rates, with last year’s total underneath for comparison. Your own list is on your appraisal district record and can include a utility district, an emergency services district or an improvement district.

2026 sources: Tarrant Appraisal District (Tarrant units), Parker County Appraisal District (Parker units) and the Johnson County Tax Office. The Tarrant Regional Water District (0.0273 in 2026) taxes much of Fort Worth, Benbrook and some other areas; it is not added to the other Tarrant rows, so check your record. Azle sits in both Tarrant and Parker counties, and the Parker side uses Parker County’s units instead. For the City of Azle, both appraisal districts list 0.674703; the city’s own notice shows 0.6756288.

The biggest move from 2025 is Weatherford, where Weatherford ISD cut its rate from 1.0342 to 0.9342. A school district has one rate across its whole territory, so Aledo ISD charges the same 1.1775 in Tarrant County as it does in Parker.

How taxes fit into a sale or purchase: seller costs and buyer closing costs.

A rate is not a bill. Exemptions come off the value first, and each taxing unit sets its own. Here is a $400,000 home in Fort Worth with Fort Worth ISD, using the exemptions each unit lists for 2026.

Without a homestead exemption, the same house at the same rates would owe $8,908.20. The age 65 column is the first qualifying year; after that, school taxes are held at a ceiling.

The local exemptions are not the same everywhere. Tarrant County, its hospital district, Fort Worth, Arlington, Keller, Hurst and Euless each exempt 20% of a homestead’s value; Bedford and Azle offer no percentage exemption, only an amount for owners 65 or older.

Two changes approved by voters on November 4, 2025 took effect starting with the 2025 tax year, so they apply to 2026 bills too:

• School homestead exemption: $140,000, up from $100,000 (Senate Bill 4, Proposition 13).
• Extra exemption at 65 or older or disabled: $60,000, up from $10,000 (Senate Bill 23, Proposition 11). Combined with the general exemption, that is $200,000 off for school taxes.

Any taxing unit can also exempt a percentage of a homestead’s value, up to 20%, with a $5,000 minimum when the percentage would produce less. That is why the Tarrant County College line in the example uses $5,000 instead of 1%.

To claim a homestead exemption, file with your appraisal district once you own and live in the home. The Comptroller’s exemption page lists the rules and forms.

For a homestead, the appraised value used for taxes cannot rise more than 10% a year over the prior year’s appraised value, plus anything new you build. The cap begins the year after you first qualify for the exemption, so a buyer’s first year is taxed at full appraised value.

Other real property, such as a rental house or a second home, has a separate 20% limit if it is worth $5,320,000 or less in 2026. That limit is temporary: the statute says it expires December 31, 2026.

Caps limit the value, not the bill. A rate change can still raise taxes on a capped home, which is why the rate table above is worth a look every fall.

• Appraisal notices: by April 1 or soon after for a homestead, by May 1 or soon after for other property, when the value has gone up or other conditions apply.
• Protest deadline: May 15 or 30 days after your notice was delivered, whichever is later. File with your appraisal district.
• Bills: tax offices mail them by October 1 or as soon after as practicable.
• Due date: taxes are delinquent if not paid before February 1 of the next year, so 2026 taxes are due by January 31, 2027.

Because Texas taxes are paid after the year they cover, a sale in the middle of the year means the seller credits the buyer for the seller’s share at closing. The buyer then pays the whole bill when it arrives.

Look up your property, file a homestead exemption or protest, and see exactly which units tax your address:

What is the Texas homestead exemption in 2026?

For school taxes, $140,000 of a home’s appraised value is exempt. Voters raised it from $100,000 in November 2025, starting with the 2025 tax year. Homeowners 65 or older or disabled get another $60,000 off, for $200,000 in total. Cities, counties and other units may add their own percentage exemption of up to 20%.

How much can my home’s taxable value go up each year in Texas?

For a homestead, the appraised value used for taxes cannot rise more than 10% a year, plus the value of new improvements. The cap starts the year after you first qualify for the homestead exemption. Other real property worth $5,320,000 or less in 2026 has a 20% limit that expires December 31, 2026 unless the Legislature extends it.

When is the deadline to protest my appraisal in Texas?

May 15 or 30 days after your appraisal notice was delivered, whichever is later. You file the protest with your county appraisal district.

When are Texas property taxes due?

Tax offices mail bills by October 1 or as soon after as practicable, and taxes are delinquent if not paid before February 1 of the following year. So 2026 taxes are due by January 31, 2027.