Texas Ceiling Transfer Percentage Calculator

Last Updated: August 31, 2026

Your ceiling transfers as a percentage of tax reduction, not a dollar figure — estimate yours here.

Ceiling Transfer Percentage Calculator

Under Tax Code §11.26(g), your ceiling transfers to a new home as a percentageof tax reduction — not as a dollar amount. This estimates that percentage and applies it to a new home's school tax.

Your current school tax ceiling ($)

What your current home's school tax would be without the ceiling ($)

New home's full school tax, before any ceiling ($)

About this tool

Estimates what happens to your school tax ceiling if you move to another Texas home. It is free, needs no account or email address, and runs entirely in your browser — the numbers you type are never sent to this site, stored, or logged.

The transfer rules come from the Texas Tax Code sections cited on this page. If you work at a senior centre, a library, or an organisation helping older homeowners, you are welcome to link to this page or print from it. That is what it is for.