Property taxes in Texas up nearly 200 percent over the past two decades, comptroller says

Property taxes in Texas up nearly 200 percent over the past two decades, comptroller says The state’s chief accountant said Wednesday that property taxes across Texas  rose 188 percent between 1992 and 2010, with local sales taxes growing  almost as fast. In a report called “Your Money and the Taxing Facts,” Comptroller  Susan Combs says…