Galveston County, Texas: business personal property rendition, 2027
Businesses in Galveston County report the equipment, furniture, computers, inventory and other tangible property they owned on January 1, 2027 to the Galveston Central Appraisal District (appraisal district) on 50-144. The return is due April 15, 2027, or May 17, 2027 with an extension. The first $125,000 of assessed value per location is exempt; tax applies to value above that. Owners whose property at a location is worth $125,000 or less need not render at all; they file a short certification on 50-144 once, and it stays in effect until the value exceeds $125,000.
Galveston Central Appraisal District depreciation schedule is not on file. Values cannot be computed until it is transcribed.
No sourced tax rate; tax estimates are unavailable for this county.
Who files
Any business with tangible personal property at a Galveston County location on January 1.
Furniture and fixtures, kitchen and other machinery, computers and point-of-sale systems, signage, leasehold improvements that are trade fixtures, supplies and inventory are reported at original cost by year acquired; the appraiser depreciates them on the schedule below. The exemption applies per location, so a company with three sites in Galveston County files three returns and gets three exemptions.
Deadlines and extensions
- Assessment date
- January 1, 2027
- 50-144 due
- April 15, 2027
- Extension
- To May 17, 2027. Written request to the chief appraiser on or before April 15 (Tax Code 22.23(b)); additional 15 days for good cause.
- Notice of value
- April-June (Tax Code 25.19(a): chief appraiser delivers notices of appraised value for non-homestead property 'by May 1 or as soon thereafter as practicable'; BPP notices typically go out April through June after renditions are reviewed)
- Protest deadline
- Later of May 15 or 30 days after the notice is delivered (Tax Code 41.44). (Appraisal Review Board (ARB) of the appraisal district; ARB orders may be appealed to district court, binding arbitration (41A) or SOAH (Ch. 2003 Gov't Code))
- Bills
- By October 1 or as soon thereafter as practicable (Tax Code 31.01(a)); tax bills are sent by the county tax assessor-collector or each taxing unit's collector after rates are adopted (typically October-November). Due: Due on receipt of the tax bill; delinquent if not paid before February 1 of the year following the tax year (Tax Code 31.02(a)); penalty and interest accrue from February 1
Exemption
The first $125,000 of assessed value per location is exempt; tax applies to value above that. Owners whose property at a location is worth $125,000 or less need not render at all; they file a short certification on 50-144 once, and it stays in effect until the value exceeds $125,000.
- Statute
- Tex. Tax Code § 11.145 and § 22.01(j-1)-(j-3), (n), § 22.24(c), as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., ch. 334 (H.B. 9), eff. Jan. 1, 2026; Tex. Const. amendment (Proposition 9) approved Nov. 4, 2025
- In force
- Tax years 2026–present
- Under the threshold
- Rendition is NOT required when, in the owner's opinion, the aggregate market value of the property at the same location in each taxing unit is not more than $125,000 (Tax Code 22.01(j-1)). An owner who elects not to render must instead file, by the rendition deadline, 'a rendition statement or property report that includes a certification' that the owner reasonably believes the value is not more than the exemption amount (22.01(j-3)); on Form 50-144 (rev. 10-25/29) this is the Section 5 check box 'I certify that the market value of the tangible personal property is $125,000 or less', and the rest of the form may be left blank. The election takes effect for the tax year after the year in which the certification is filed and continues until ownership changes; the chief appraiser may still require a rendition. The exemption itself is applied automatically by the appraisal district (no exemption application) - e.g. Dallas CAD: 'no application is required'.
Depreciation schedule
Galveston Central Appraisal District publishes its own depreciation schedule, but it is not transcribed into our data yet, so values for this county are computed only once it is.
How to file
By mail.
- By mail
- Galveston Central Appraisal District, 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A, Texas City, TX 77591
- Form
- 50-144 — Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Property (rev. 10-25/29)
Galveston CAD's BPP page could not be located in this session (note: gcad.org is GREGG County, not Galveston).
Mailing/street address and phone (409-935-1980) are from the Comptroller's county directory; the district's 2025 Annual Report (galvestoncad.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-Annual-Report.pdf) confirms the name 'Galveston Central Appraisal District (GCAD)' and that 'Personal property renditions are required by law and accepted by the District annually'.
Online rendition filing and email acceptance are UNVERIFIED.
Penalties
- Late or missing return: 10% of the total tax imposed on the property for the year.
- Fraud or intent to evade: 50% of the tax.
Tax Code 22.28 (10%) and 22.29 (additional 50% for fraud).
Questions
50-144 is due to Galveston Central Appraisal District by April 15, 2027. A extension to May 17, 2027 is available: Written request to the chief appraiser on or before April 15 (Tax Code 22.23(b)); additional 15 days for good cause.
The first $125,000 of assessed value per location is exempt; tax applies to value above that. Owners whose property at a location is worth $125,000 or less need not render at all; they file a short certification on 50-144 once, and it stays in effect until the value exceeds $125,000.
By mail. Mailing address: Galveston Central Appraisal District, 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A, Texas City, TX 77591.
Late or missing return: 10% of the total tax imposed on the property for the year. Fraud or intent to evade: 50% of the tax.
Sources
Every figure above is taken from one of these documents; the date is when Rendition last read it.
- 01Galveston Central Appraisal District — business personal property filing pagecomptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/county-directory/galveston.phpread 2026-11-02
- 02Filing deadlinetcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TX/htm/TX.22.htmread 2026-11-02
- 0350-144 — Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Propertycomptroller.texas.gov/forms/50-144.pdfread 2026-11-02
- 04Exemption rule — Tex. Tax Code § 11.145 and § 22.01(j-1)-(j-3)capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009F.htmread 2026-11-02
- 05Notice of value and protest deadlinetexas.public.law/statutes/tex._tax_code_section_41.44
- 06Tax bill due datetexas.public.law/statutes/tex._tax_code_section_31.02read 2026-11-02
- 07Galveston Central Appraisal District websitegalvestoncad.org
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