Texas business personal property
Texas property tax rendition software, built from your own register
The rendition comes out of the fixed asset register you already keep in Steda, valued on the Comptroller percent-good schedule for the tax year, per location. What the company owned on 1 January is what is rendered, and the workpaper behind every figure names the asset it came from.
$199 a month for the first entity, $129 for each additional. Unlimited users, both connectors, and the close. Annual billing is two months free.
Every figure, implementation included →Steda Registers. Buying both products costs less than buying them separately.
Sample Company · Warehouse B, Round Rock · Rendition workpaper
| Category | Cost | Percent good | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machinery and equipment | 95,000.00 | 58 percent | 55,100.00 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 22,000.00 | 71 percent | 15,620.00 |
| Computer equipment | 9,800.00 | 32 percent | 3,136.00 |
| Total | 126,800.00 | 73,856.00 |
The January register, rebuilt in April
Most renditions are prepared from a copy of the register taken whenever somebody remembered, then adjusted by hand for what has changed since. The assets disposed in February come off even though they were owned on 1 January, the ones bought in March creep on, and the acquisition years are retyped from an export.
Steda keeps the register closed and locked month by month, so 1 January is a snapshot rather than a reconstruction. The rendition reads that snapshot, and the workpaper shows which asset produced which line.
The calendar
Two dates and a penalty
01
1 January, the assessment date
What the company owns on 1 January is what gets rendered. Steda takes the register as it stood that day, which is a snapshot rather than a memory, because by April the register has moved.
02
The workpaper
Each asset lands in a Comptroller category with its year of acquisition, and the percent-good schedule for that tax year gives the value. Every figure has the asset behind it, so a question from the appraisal district is answered by opening a row.
03
15 April, the deadline
The rendition is due 15 April under Texas Tax Code section 22.23(a). A written request moves it to 15 May under section 22.23(b). Filing late carries a penalty of ten percent of the taxes imposed under section 22.28(a).
Statutory references are to the Texas Tax Code and are carried in the product with the section cited on each figure. This page is not tax advice, and the deadline that applies to you is the one your appraisal district sets.
How it is built
Why the figures can be checked
It comes from the register, not from a workbook
The same fixed asset register that carries book and tax depreciation supplies the rendition. Nobody re-keys a cost or an acquisition year, and an asset disposed in March is still rendered if it was owned on 1 January.
The percent-good tables are transcribed, never typed
One file per tax year, generated from the Comptroller’s published schedule by a tool that refuses to change a year already transcribed. A published figure that somebody remembered is the failure this avoids.
Locations and taxing units
Assets carry a location, and the rendition is prepared per location, because the exemption applies per location per taxing unit rather than per company.
The 2026 exemption and the certification track
From tax year 2026 the exemption on income-producing tangible personal property is $125,000 of value per location per taxing unit, and an owner under it may certify rather than render. Steda works out which track each location is on and says why.
Renditions are one of the four registers in Steda Registers. The fixed asset register that feeds it is the same one that carries book and tax depreciation.
Questions
When is a Texas rendition due?
By 15 April of the tax year, under Texas Tax Code section 22.23(a). A written request to the chief appraiser moves the deadline to 15 May under section 22.23(b), and a further fifteen days is available for good cause at the chief appraiser’s discretion. Failing to file on time carries a penalty of ten percent of the taxes imposed, under section 22.28(a).
What is the exemption for 2026?
For tax years from 2026, income-producing tangible personal property is exempt up to $125,000 of value per location per taxing unit, under Texas Tax Code section 11.145 as rewritten by House Bill 9 of the 89th Legislature and authorised by the constitutional amendment approved in November 2025. It is automatic and does not require an application. An owner who is under it may certify rather than render, under section 22.01.
Where do the depreciation percentages come from?
From the Texas Comptroller’s own percent-good schedule for the tax year, transcribed by a tool that reads the published document and writes one file per year. It refuses to overwrite a year already transcribed, so a figure cannot drift between years or be corrected from memory.
Do we have to itemise every asset?
Not always. Where the property at a location is valued at less than $20,000 the short schedule on Form 50-144 asks for a category total rather than an itemised list. Steda works out which locations qualify and prepares the schedule that applies.
Does Steda file the rendition for us?
No. Steda prepares the rendition and the workpaper behind it. You or your tax agent file it with the appraisal district. Nothing is submitted to anybody on your behalf.
Does it work outside Texas?
Not yet. The statutory configuration, the forms and the depreciation schedules are Texas only today. Another state is a new configuration with its own citations rather than an approximation of this one, and it is on the roadmap without a date.
What does it cost?
The rendition register is one of the four in Steda Registers, at $199 a month for the first entity and $129 for each additional entity, with 1,000 assets included per entity. There is no per-return charge.
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