TIA Data

2019 Financial State of Texas (Released 9/22/2020)

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Texas owes more than it owns.
Texas' Taxpayer Burden™ is -$11,300, and it received a "D" from TIA.
Texas is a Sinkhole State without enough assets to cover its debt.
Elected officials have created a Taxpayer Burden™, which is each taxpayer's share of state bills after its available assets have been tapped.
TIA's Taxpayer Burden™ measurement incorporates both assets and liabilities, not just pension debt.
Texas only has $89 billion of assets available to pay bills totaling $185.7 billion.
Because Texas doesn't have enough money to pay its bills, it has a $96.7 billion financial hole. To fill it, each Texas taxpayer would have to send $11,300 to the state.
Texas's reported net position is understated by $6.9 billion, largely because the state delays recognizing gains resulting from decreases in retirement liabilities.
The state's financial report was released 181 days after its fiscal year end, which is considered untimely according to the 180 day standard.
 

Prior Years' TIA Data

2018 Financial State of Texas

2017 Financial State of Texas

2016 Financial State of Texas

2015 Financial State of Texas

2014 Financial State of Texas

2013 Financial State of Texas

2012 Financial State of Texas

2011 Financial State of Texas

2010 Financial State of Texas

2009 Financial State of Texas

City and Other Municipal Reports

Financial State of Arlington

Financial State of Austin

Financial State of Corpus Christi

Financial State of Dallas

Financial State of El Paso

Financial State of Fort Worth

Financial State of Houston

Financial State of Plano

Financial State of San Antonio

Other Resources

Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

Publishing Entity: Texas Comptroller

IN THE NEWS
Taxpayer debt in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio is now even higher

MAY 18, 2021 | TEXAS SCORECARD | by Robert Montoya

By Robert Montoya, includes “School district debts in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are alarmingly high at more than $7 billion. When you add these to the cities’ debts and other underlying governments, the combined debt each taxpayer must pay is $69,600. Change will only come when ‘citizen advocates’ get involved.”
 

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