Financial Transparency
Over the last 36 years, Harris Central Appraisal District has been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellent in Financing Reporting. It’s the highest form of recognition in government accounting and financial reporting.
In May 2017, Harris Central Appraisal District received the Transparency Star in Traditional Finances for going above and beyond in its transparency efforts. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts recognizes government entities that accomplish in providing clear and meaningful financial information not only by posting financial documents, but also through summaries, visualizations, downloadable data and other relevant information.
HCAD is funded by the taxing units it serves. As provided in Section 6.06(d), Tax Code, “Each taxing unit participating in the district is allocated a portion of the budget equal to the proportion that the total dollar amount of property taxes imposed in the district by the unit for the tax year in which the budget proposal is prepared bears to the sum of the total dollar amount of property taxes imposed in the district by each participating unit for that year.”
Appraisal Districts are not authorized to levy ad valorem taxes or issue bonded indebtedness or other debt instruments. HCAD has entered into a capital lease obligation to finance the acquisition of a building to house its operations. See Section III, Paragraph D., Leases in the Notes to the Financial Statements in the 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for a discussion of this capital lease.
Annual Budgets
2012 Budget (pdf)
2012 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2013 Budget (pdf)
2013 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2014 Budget (pdf)
2014 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2015 Budget (pdf)
2015 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2015 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
2016 Budget (pdf)
2016 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2016 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
2017 Budget (pdf)
2017 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2017 Budget Summaries By Division (pdf)
2018 Budget (pdf)
2018 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2018 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
2019 Budget (pdf)
2019 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2019 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
2020 Budget (pdf)
2020 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2021 Budget (pdf)
2021 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2022 Budget (pdf)
2022 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2023 Budget (pdf)
2023 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2024 Budget (pdf)
2024 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
2025 Budget (pdf)
2025 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR)
2010 ACFR (pdf)
2011 ACFR (pdf)
2012 ACFR (pdf)
2013 ACFR (pdf)
2014 ACFR (pdf)
2015 ACFR (pdf)
2016 ACFR (pdf)
2017 ACFR (pdf)
2018 ACFR (pdf)
2020 ACFR (pdf)
2021 ACFR (pdf)
2022 ACFR (pdf)
2023 ACFR (pdf)
Monthly Financial Reports
2012 (pdf)
2013 (pdf)
2014 (pdf)
2015 (pdf)
2016 (pdf)
2017 (pdf)
2018 (pdf)
2019 (pdf)
2020 (pdf)
2021 (pdf)
2022 (pdf)
2023 (pdf)
2024 (pdf)
Payment Transactions
2012 (xlsx)
2013 (xlsx)
2014 (xlsx)
2015 (xlsx)
2016 (xlsx)
2017 (xlsx)
2018 (xlsx)
2023 (xlsx)
2020 (xlsx)
2023 (xlsx)
2024 (xlsx)
Other Information
Notice of Public Hearing for 2025 Proposed Budget - August 21
Notice of Public Hearing for 2025 2026 Reappraisal Plan - August 21
Cost Allocation to Taxing Units