Welcome to the Commercial Portfolio interface for the Harris County Tax Office. What is a Commercial Portfolio? The Harris County Tax Office (HCTO) provides an online interface that allows users to manage and monitor multiple property tax accounts, submit statement requests, and make payments on those accounts. This service is used by mortgage companies, lenders, and agents representing escrow customers. It is also for those who manage lists of accounts of more than 300
HCTO will provide login credentials (consisting of a Username (Lender ID) and Password) for users to access and create their portfolio. New users (or current users who have forgotten their password) will be able to create or reset their password on the login screen.
Once logged into the portfolio, accounts may be added by uploading a TXT, CSV, or Excel file in a designated format
or by individually entering each account number manually. Once accounts have been added to the portfolio, they will
be listed until the user deletes/removes them from their portfolio.
Annually, Commercial Portfolio users request tax statements or billing files for ALL the accounts listed in their portfolio
for payment.
Users submit statement requests by clicking the “Request Tax Statements” button prior to billing, normally in mid to late October, then in mid-November statements or billing files are provided. Users decide how to receive them in one of the following ways:
- Data file(s) sent via email or saved to an FTP site (no statements [physical/electronic] created)
- Physically printed statements mailed or picked up in person
- Individual PDF files (electronic statements created) sent via email (depending on total file size) or saved to an FTP site
Note: Statement requests are only submitted through Commercial Portfolio.
Payments may be made in several different ways:
- Online via Credit Card or E-Check
- Physically printed statements mailed or picked up in person
- Individual PDF files (electronic statements created) sent via email (depending on total file size) or saved to an FTP site
- Click here to download/view the Commercial Portfolio Information Packet