Originally Posted by kingairip

First this...there are many "taxing authorities" that assess tax on your properties value in Texas. The two biggest collectors are the city in which you live and the school district. Here is the list for Tarrant County. I don't know about Dallas County or the other counties. I'm sure you could find info for them somewhere.

Tarrant County Tax WebSite

You can't figure out your tax rate by simply adding the ISD and the city, either. There are other little entities, like the county, the water authority, any PIDs, that have their grubby little hands on your home's value. Some areas have a combined rate near 3%. That's a fact. Figure a $400k home will be paying near $12k a year at a 3% rate. It's insane. I would avoid the City of Fort Worth at all costs. Look at their rate. The taxing power of the City of Fort Worth is an area bigger than you might think. It stretches far to the north of the actual city up toward Alliance. Keller ISD is high too. Get into an area with Keller ISD AND the City of Fort Worth taxing you and be prepared to pay.

When you find a property that interests you, make sure you look it up on the County website. You can see what any property in Texas pays in property taxes right there on the website.