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                                                                                                                                                                                       Form 50-144
Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Property
CONFIDENTIAL
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                                                                                                                                    Tax Year
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Appraisal District’s Name                                                                                                           Appraisal District Account Number (if known)
   
GENERAL INFORMATION: This form is to render tangible personal property used for the production of income that you own or manage and control as a fiduciary on Jan. 1 of this year (Tax 
Code Section 22.01).
FILING INSTRUCTIONS: This document and all supporting documentation must be filed with the appraisal district office in the county in which the property is taxable.  
Do not file this document with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
  SECTION 1: Business and Situs Information (Required)
_______________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________
Business Name                                                                                           Business Owner
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Property Location Address, City, State, ZIP Code
__________________________________________________________________________    __________________________________
Email Address                                                                                                                       Phone (area code and number)
Ownership Type (Optional)               Individual          Corporation                Partnership         Other: ___________________________________________________________________                       
                                                                                                  
  SECTION 2: Representation
Please indicate if you are filing out this form as:       Owner, employee, or employee of an affiliated entity of the owner          Authorized Agent               Fiduciary              Secured Party
                                                                                                                                                                                 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Owner, Authorized Agent, Fiduciary or Secured Party
__________________________________________________________________________    __________________________________
Mailing Address, City, State, ZIP Code                                                                                              Phone (area code and number)
Are you a secured party with a security interest in the property subject to this rendition and with a historical cost new of more than $50,000 as defined by  
Tax Code Section 22.01(c-1) and (c-2)?  ......................................................................................................................                             Yes           No
                                                                                                                                                                                        
If Yes, attach a document signed by the property owner indicating consent to file the rendition. Without the authorization, the rendition is not valid and cannot be processed.
  SECTION 3: Affirmation of Prior year Rendition (Check only if applicable and your assets were exactly the same as last year’s rendition form.)
     By checking this box, I affirm that the information contained in the most recent rendition statement filed for the prior tax year (the ___________ tax year) continues to be 
 complete and accurate for the current tax year.
  SECTION 4: Business Information (Optional)
Please address all that apply:
Business type:             Manufacturing                Wholesale        Retail           Service             New Business
                                                                                                
__________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________
Business Description                                                                                                                                               Square Feet Occupied
________________________________________   ________________________________________   __________________________
Business Sold Date                                                        Business Start Date at Location                                                          Sales Tax Permit Number
__________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________
New Owner                                                                                                                                                          Business Moved Date
________________________________________   ________________________________________   __________________________
New Location                                                              City, State ZIP Code                                                                     Business Closed Date
Did assets remain in place as of Jan. 1?  .....................................................................................................................                            Yes           No
                                                                                                                                                                                        
  SECTION 5: Market Value
Check the total market value of your property             Under $20,000                $20,000 or more
                                                                            
If Under $20,000, complete only Schedule A and if applicable, Schedule F. Otherwise, complete Schedule(s) B, C, D, E and/or F, as applicable.
  SECTION 6: Affirmation and Signature
If you make a false statement on this form, you could be found guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or a state jail felony under Penal Code Section 37.10.
I, _________________________________________________ ,                                   swear or affirm that the information provided in this report is true and accurate to the best of my 
                          Printed Name of Authorized Individual                          knowledge and belief; and that I am authorized as required by law to file and sign this report.
NOTE: If the person filing and signing this report is not the property owner, an employee of the property owner, an employee of a property owner signing on behalf of an affiliated entity of 
the property owner or a secured party as defined by Tax Code Section 22.01, the signature below must be notarized.
      _______________________________________________________________   ________________________________________
             Signature of Authorized Individual                                                                                 Date
                                                                              Subscribed and sworn before me this __________ day of ______________________  _______                       , 20          .
                                                                              __________________________________________________________________
                                                                              Notary Public, State of Texas

Form developed by: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Property Tax Assistance Division                        For additional copies, visit: comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax
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Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Property                                                                                                                                                                                               Form 50-144
Did you timely apply for a Sept. 1 inventory date? (Optional)..................................  Yes           No
                                                                                                           
Does your inventory involve interstate/foreign commerce issues? (Optional) ...................   Yes           No
                                                                                                           
Does your inventory involve freeport goods? (Optional) ......................................    Yes           No                                               Account Number _____________________________
                                                                                                           
SCHEDULE A: PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED LESS THAN $20,000
List all taxable personal property by type/category of property (See Definitions and Important Information). If needed, you may attach additional sheets OR a computer-generated copy listing the information below. If you manage or 
control property as a fiduciary on Jan. 1, also list the names and addresses of each property owner. Good faith estimate of market value or historical cost when new is optional for Schedule A only.
                                                                Estimate of    Good Faith                     Historical  
                                                                Quantity of    Estimate of      OR           Cost          AND  Year                            Property Owner Name/Address  
           General Property Description by Type/Category        Each Type      Market Value*                 When New*         Acquired*                        (if you manage or control property as a fiduciary)

PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT $20,000 OR MORE
SCHEDULE B: INVENTORY, RAW MATERIALS AND WORK IN PROCESS
List all taxable inventories by type of property. If needed, attach additional sheets OR a computer-generated copy listing the information below. If you manage or control property as a fiduciary on Jan. 1, also list the names and addresses 
of each property owner.
                                                                               Estimate of                   Good Faith         Historical  
                                                         Property Address or   Quantity of                   Estimate of   OR  Cost         AND        Year                   Property Owner Name/Address  
Property Description by Type/Category                    Address Where Taxable Each Type                     Market Value*     When New*              Acquired* (if you manage or control property as a fiduciary)

 SCHEDULE C: SUPPLIES
List all supplies by type of property. If needed attach additional sheets OR a computer generated copy listing the information below. If you manage or control property as a fiduciary on Jan. 1, also list the names and addresses of each 
property owner.
                                                                               Estimate of                   Good Faith         Historical  
                                                         Property Address or   Quantity of                   Estimate of   OR  Cost         AND        Year                   Property Owner Name/Address  
Property Description by Type/Category                    Address Where Taxable Each Type                     Market Value*     When New*              Acquired* (if you manage or control property as a fiduciary)

SCHEDULE D: VEHICLES AND TRAILERS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
List only vehicles that are licensed in the name of the business as shown on Page 1. Vehicles disposed of after Jan. 1 are taxable for the year and must be listed below. If needed, attach additional sheets OR a computer generated listing of 
the information below. Report leased vehicles under Schedule F. Leased vehicles must be reported showing the name and address of the owner.
                                                                                                                                                                Good Faith                              Historical Cost  
Year                   Make                                     Model                                         Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)               Estimate of                          OR When New*                                  AND Year  
(optional)             (optional)                               (optional)                                                 (optional)                           Market Value*                           (Omit Cents)                                   Acquired*

* Provide an amount for either the good faith estimate of market value, or a historical cost when new and year acquired. If you provided an historical cost when new and year acquired, you need not provide a good faith estimate of market value.

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Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Property                                                                                                             Form 50-144
                                                                                                            Account Number _____________________________
SCHEDULE E: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS
Total (by year acquired) all furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment and computers (new or used) still in possession on Jan. 1. List items received as gifts in the same manner. 
Attach additional sheets OR a computer generated listing of the information below, as needed.
         Furniture and Fixtures                                          Machinery and Equipment                            Office Equipment
         Historical Cost              Good Faith                     Historical Cost              Good Faith                Historical Cost     Good Faith  
Year     When New*           OR       Estimate of           Year         When New*            OR  Estimate of   Year        When New*        OR Estimate of  
Acquired (Omit Cents)                 Market Value*         Acquired             (Omit Cents)     Market Value* Acquired    (Omit Cents)        Market Value*
2022                                                        2022                                                2022
2021                                                        2021                                                2021
2020                                                        2020                                                2020
2019                                                        2019                                                2019
2018                                                        2018                                                2018
2017                                                        2017                                                2017
2016                                                        2016                                                2016
2015                                                        2015                                                2015
2014                                                        2014                                                2014
2013                                                        2013                                                2013
2012                                                        2012                                                2012
2011                                                        2011                                                2011
2010                                                        2010                                                2010
2009                                                        2009                                                2009 
& Prior                                                     & Prior                                             & Prior
TOTAL:                                                      TOTAL:                                              TOTAL:
         Computer Equipment                                 POS/Servers/Mainframes                              Other (any other items not listed in other schedules)
         Historical Cost              Good Faith            Historical Cost         Good Faith                              Historical Cost             Good Faith  
Year     When New*        OR          Estimate of  Year     When New*            OR Estimate of   Year                      When New*        OR         Estimate of  
Acquired (Omit Cents)        Market Value*         Acquired (Omit Cents)            Market Value* Acquired      Description (Omit Cents)        Market Value*
2022                                               2022                                           2022
2021                                               2021                                           2021
2020                                               2020                                           2020
2019                                               2019                                           2019
2018                                               2018                                           2018
2017                                               2017                                           2017
2016                                               2016                                           2016
2015                                               2015                                           2015
2014                                               2014                                           2014  
& Prior                                            & Prior                                        & Prior
TOTAL:                                             TOTAL:                                         TOTAL:

SCHEDULE F: PROPERTY UNDER BAILMENT, LEASE, CONSIGNMENT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT
List the name and address of each owner of taxable property that is in your possession or under your management on Jan. 1 by bailment, lease, consignment or other 
arrangement. If needed, attach additional sheets OR a computer-generated copy listing the information below.
         Property Owner’s Name                                           Property Owner’s Address                           General Property Description

* Provide an amount for either the good faith estimate of market value, or a historical cost when new and year acquired. If you provided an historical cost when new and year acquired, you need not provide 
a good faith estimate of market value.

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Business Personal Property Rendition of Taxable Property                                                                                                             Form 50-144

           Important Information                                                                                      Definitions
GENERAL INFORMATION: This form is for use in rendering, pursuant to Tax Code                Address Where Taxable: In some instances, personal property that is only 
Section 22.01, tangible personal property used for the production of income that            temporarily at its current address may be taxable at another location (taxable situs). 
you own or manage and control as a fiduciary on Jan. 1 of this year. This report is         If you know that this is the case, please list the address where taxable.
confidential and not open to public inspection; disclosure is permitted pursuant to         Consigned Goods: Personal property owned by another person that you are selling 
the terms of Tax Code Section 22.27.                                                        by arrangement with that person. If you have consigned goods, report the name 
FILING INSTRUCTIONS: This document and all supporting documentation must be                 and address of the owner in the appropriate blank.
filed with the appraisal district office in the county in which the property is taxable. Do Estimate of Quantity: For each type or category listed, the number of items or 
not file this document with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Contact               other relevant measure of quantity (e.g., gallons, bushels, tons, pounds, board feet).
information for appraisal district offices may be found on the Comptroller’s website.
                                                                                            Fiduciary: A person or institution who manages property for another and who 
DEADLINES: Rendition statements and property report deadlines depend on property            must exercise a standard of care in such management activity imposed by law or 
type. The statements and reports must be delivered to the chief appraiser after Jan. 1      contract.
and no later than the deadline indicated below. On written request by the property 
owner, the chief appraiser shall extend a deadline for filing a rendition statement or      Good Faith Estimate of Market Value: Your best estimate of what the property 
property report to May 15. The chief appraiser may further extend the deadline an           would have sold for in U.S. dollars on Jan. 1 of the current tax year if it had been on 
additional 15 days upon good cause shown in writing by the property owner.                  the market for a reasonable length of time and neither you nor the purchaser was 
                                                                                            forced to buy or sell. For inventory, it is the price for which the property would have 
     Rendition Statements and Reports          Deadlines Allowed Extension(s)               sold as a unit to a purchaser who would continue the business.
                                                         •  May 15 upon written             Historical Cost When New: What you paid for the property when it was new or, if 
                                                         request                            you bought the property used, what the original buyer paid when it was new. If you 
           Property generally                  April 15                                     bought the property used and do not know what the original buyer paid, state what 
                                                         •  Additional 15 days for          you paid with a note that you purchased it used.
                                                         good cause shown
                                                                                            Inventory: Personal property that is held for sale in the ordinary course of a trade 
                                                                                            or business.
Property regulated by the Public Utility                 •  May 15 upon written 
Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission             request                            Personal Property: Every kind of property that is not real property; generally, 
of  Texas, the federal Surface  Transportation April 30                                     property that is movable without damage to itself or the associated real property.
Board or the Federal Energy Regulatory                   •  Additional 15 days for 
Commission. Tax Code Section 22.23(d).                   good cause shown                   Property Address: The physical address of the personal property on Jan. 1 of the 
                                                                                            current tax year. Normally, the property is taxable by the taxing unit where the 
                                                                                            property is located.
EXEMPTION: A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the tangible per-
sonal property that is held or used for the production of income if it has less than $2,500 Secured Party: A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided 
of taxable value (Tax Code Section 11.145).                                                 for under a security agreement; see Business and Commerce Code Section 9.102 for 
                                                                                            further details.
If an exemption is denied or terminated on a property, the owner must render it for 
taxation within 30 days from the denial or termination. (Tax Code sections 21.01(a)         Security Interest: An interest in personal property or fixtures which secured 
and 22.02)                                                                                  payment or performance of an obligation see Business and Commerce Code Section 
                                                                                            1.201 for further details.
PENALTIES: The chief appraiser must impose a penalty on a person who fails to 
timely file a required rendition statement or property report in an amount equal to         Type/Category: Functionally similar personal property groups. Examples are: 
10 percent of the total amount of taxes imposed on the property for that year by            furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, vehicles and supplies. Narrower 
taxing units participating in the appraisal district. The chief appraiser must impose       groupings such as personal computers, milling equipment, freezer cases and 
an additional penalty on the person equal to 50 percent of the total amount of              forklifts should be used, if possible. A person is not required to render for taxation 
taxes imposed on the property for the tax year of the statement or report by the            personal property appraised under Tax Code Section 23.24.
taxing units participating in the appraisal district if it is finally determined by a court Year Acquired: The year that you purchased the property, or otherwise acquired.
that:
(1)  the person filed a false statement or report with the intent to commit fraud 
     or to evade the tax; or
(2)  the person alters, destroys or conceals any record, document or thing, or 
     presents to the chief appraiser any altered or fraudulent record, document 
     or thing, or otherwise engages in fraudulent conduct, for the purpose 
     of affecting the course or outcome of an inspection, investigation, 
     determination or other proceeding before the appraisal district.

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