Run a Business in Coryell County? Your Rendition Is Due April 15

If you run a shop, a salon, or a welding outfit in Coryell County, the appraisal district expects a rendition by April 15, a yearly list of the tangible stuff you use to make money: furniture, fixtures, equipment, machinery, computers, and inventory held for sale. Mail it and the postmark has to read April 15 or earlier. Cash and goodwill don't count; this is about the physical gear.

It all goes to the Coryell Central Appraisal District at 705 E. Main Street in Gatesville, not the tax collector across the street and not the state. The district answers rendition questions at 254-865-6593. Can't pull the list together in time? Send the CAD a written extension request before April 15 and they'll move you to May 15. Just don't blow off the deadline entirely. Filing late or not at all adds a 10% penalty onto the taxes due, and a court finding of fraud can push that to 50%.

The form is the General Rendition of Personal Property, Form 50-144, on the Coryell CAD forms page. Keep this lane separate in your head from sales tax and income tax, which are different agencies entirely. If you've got vehicle inventory or other special cases, the district has dealer-inventory forms for that too.