Over-65 and disability exemptions stack on top of the homestead in Parker County

The regular homestead exemption is the starting point. Texas school districts must give a $140,000 school homestead exemption. If the owner is age 65 or older, or qualifies as disabled under Social Security rules, the school district also gives another $60,000.

Local taxing units can add their own age-65 or disability exemption. That is why a Weatherford address, an unincorporated address, and the Fort Worth edge of Parker County can show different totals. The owner may be the same age, but the taxing-unit stack is not the same.

The exemption does not apply by itself. File with PCAD. If you are buying from an older seller, do not use that seller's tax bill as your estimate. Their exemptions may not follow you.