Business Equipment May Need a TAD Rendition

Run a business in Tarrant County and the tax man may want more than your building. The stuff that makes the business go (inventory on the shelves, the equipment, the fixtures, the rolling stock) counts as taxable business personal property, reported to the Tarrant Appraisal District on a rendition form.

The rendition is due every year by April 15, sliding to the next business day when the 15th lands on a weekend. Need more time? Ask TAD for a 30-day extension by that same April 15 deadline, using the extension form they post. Blow past it or skip filing altogether and a 10 percent penalty rides along on both the value notice and the tax bill, a real number on equipment of any size.

Whether you run a storefront, a warehouse, a back-office operation, a food truck, or a one-truck contracting outfit, pull up TAD's business-owner guidance over the winter so the spring deadline doesn't slip by while you're busy.