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Apr 30, 2021 Roundup

Addition by subtraction

Why we're predisposed to favor solutions that "add" rather than "remove", and how to overcome that tendency

Apr 16, 2021

Efficiently serving mapping data on hundreds of thousands of properties

A behind-the-scenes look at a major overhaul of our property tax mapping engine

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Apr 15, 2021

Why you should ask for a sales tax permit before CO

A quick city management pro-tip to help with sales tax compliance

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Apr 12, 2021

Introducing Search Preview

It's now even easier to find what you're looking for in ZacTax

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Apr 9, 2021 Podcast

HB 4072 (and all-time great baseball movies)

We talk about HB 4072, a bill being considered in the Texas Legislature that would fundamentally alter the way sales taxes are allocated to local governments. Along the way, we hit on the three-legged...

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Apr 1, 2021 Podcast

Dark Stores and Coachless Teams

On this supersized episode, more on the Dark Store appraisal theory, why we don't like property taxes, and is your organizational culture preventing you from hiring the best and brightest (using...

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Mar 30, 2021

Shapes are fun, Shapefiles are funner

You can now import Shapefiles to create geographic regions

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Mar 20, 2021 Roundup

Comparing apples and printers

Why the No-New-Revenue property tax regime shifts the burden to residential property owners

appraisal methods

Mar 17, 2021 Podcast

Fighting the wrong fight on property tax reform

Texas cities have been fighting the state legislature over property tax revenue caps for years, but what if they've just been a symptom of the underlying problem? In this episode, we dig further...

property tax appraisal methods

Mar 12, 2021 Podcast

The one Patrick expects a lot of feedback on

In this grab bag episode: parking violation snitching, poo in the river, endangered affordable housing, Texas' convoluted property tax system, the City of Denton sues Ercot, Walmart/Target, and h...

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