TRADITIONAL FINANCES
Over the last 38 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.
Finance Summary and Visualizations are available here (pdf)
DOCUMENTS AND DOWNLOADABLE DATA
Annual Budgets
FY2013 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2014 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2015 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2015 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
FY2016 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2016 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
FY2017 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2017 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
FY2018 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2018 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
FY2019 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2019 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
FY2020 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2021 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2022 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2023 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2024 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2025 Raw Format Budget (xlsx)
FY2026 Budget Summaries by Division (pdf)
Annual Financial Reports (ACFRs)
Monthly Financial Reports
Disbursements/Check Register in Excel format
FY2012 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2013 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2014 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2015 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2016 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2017 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2018 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2019 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2020 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2021 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2022 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2023 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2024 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2025 Disbursements/Check Registers
FY2026 Disbursements/Check Registers
OTHER INFORMATION
Harris Central Appraisal District - Main Contact Information
13013 Northwest Freeway
Houston, TX 77040
713-957-7800
Elected Officials Contact Information
Application and instructions for Open Records Requests Information
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET and 2027-2028 REAPPRAISAL PLAN
Cost Allocation to Taxing Units