Tax Information

IMPORTANT NOTICE: RE: 2024 Tax Statement Payment Coupon – Incorrect Zip Code for Tax Office P.O Box Mailing Address

This letter is to inform you the payment coupon accompanying your Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District’s 2024 Tax Statement included an incorrect zip code for the tax office’s United States P.O. Box mailing address. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE COUPON TO MAIL YOUR PAYMENT TO THE TAX OFFICE.

The correct United States P.O. Box mailing address is as follows:
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD TAX OFFICE
PO BOX 203908
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77216-3908

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MAILED YOUR PAYMENT COUPON: The tax office has contacted the United States Postal Service to facilitate the delivery of mailed payments to the tax office. If the payment is returned to you, please retain the envelope bearing the United States Postal Service postmark as proof of timely payment. Payments are considered timely if the United States Postal Service postmark date is on or before January 31, 2025. Payments bearing a postmark
date on or after February 1, 2025 are considered delinquent.

To verify if your payment has been posted to your account, please check the tax office website at www.cfisdtax.com .
As an alternative to mailing, you can make your payment online using the following secure methods:

CREDIT CARD or ECHECK - www.cfisdtax.com or call the number on the back of the original tax statement: 1-855-795-3096 (fees apply: Credit Card 2.5%, E-check $1.00.)
FOR IN PERSON PAYMENTS, please visit the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Tax Office at 10300 JonesRoad, Door 6, Houston, Texas 77065.

Hours of Operation: Monday – Thursday (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and Friday (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

If you have any questions or require assistance with the payment process, please do not hesitate to contact us at 281-664-6300.

Sincerely,
David Piwonka, RTA
Tax Assessor-Collector

David Piwonka
Tax Assessor-Collector

Tax Office Address:
ISC-West
10494 Jones Road, Ste. 106
Houston, Texas 77065

Tax Office Telephone:
281-664-6300

Hours of Operation:
Monday – Thursday:
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday:
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Homestead tax exemption: 20% of appraised value plus $100,000
Additional exemption of $25,000 for homeowners age 65 or older and for disabled persons
Tax Rate per $100 of value for tax year 2024: $1.0869
Additional exemptions for disabled veterans. Contact Harris County Appraisal District at 713-957-7800 for more information
Please note : You DO NOT have to pay a fee for filing a homestead exemption. Please contact the Harris County Appraisal District concerning corrections in valuation, ownership, or exemptions.
Taxes generally become delinquent on February 1. If you have not received a statement before the delinquent date, please contact our office at 281-664-6300.

Local Optional Homestead Exemption

Tax Rate

Notice of Adopted 2024 Tax Rate
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE.
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District adopted the 2024 tax rate and levied ad valorem taxes by setting the 2024 Maintenance and Operations and Interest and Sinking tax rates at $0.6869 and $0.40, respectively, for a 2024 total tax rate of $1.0869.

CFISD also offers a local optional homestead exemption of 20 percent of the appraised value of a home. When paired with a $100,000 state exemption, a CFISD taxpayer with a home valued at $350,000 would pay a tax based on $180,000 of value.

2024 Adopted Tax Rate Presentation

Property Tax Database

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information regarding the amount of taxes that each entity that taxes your property will impose if the entity adopts its proposed tax rate. Your local property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials propose and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay in property taxes.

Follow the instructions below to register to receive notifications regarding updates to the property tax database:

A property owner may register to receive email notifications regarding updates to the property tax database by following the instructions found on the appraisal district’s homepage, www.HCAD.org, under the Property Tax Database Information square box entitled PROPERTY TAX DATABASE.

You may request the same information from the assessor of each taxing unit for your property by requesting their contact information from your county’s assessor at:

Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector
Ms. Ann Harris Bennett
1001 Preston St.
Houston, Texas 77002
713-274-8000

You may access your account information or pay by credit card over the Internet at: https://actweb.acttax.com/act_webdev/cyfair/index.jsp - There is a 2.5% convenience fee to pay by credit card and $1.00 for e-checks. This fee is not collected by the district.

Property taxes are due upon receipt. You have from November 1 through January 31 of the taxing year to pay without penalty and interest. According to the Texas Property Tax Code, a payment is considered timely if: (1) it is sent by regular first-class mail, properly addressed with postage prepaid; and (2) it bears a post office cancellation mark of a date earlier than or on the specified date and within the specified period or the property owner furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail on or before the specified due date and within the specified period.

The tax assessor collector cannot waive penalty and interest on delinquent taxes, adjust values, or ignore deadlines provided in the Texas Property Tax Code.