Office of Management & Budget

Tax & Budget

In accordance with Sec. 26.05 of the Texas Tax Code, the City of El Paso provides the following Tax Rate and Budget information:

CITY OF EL PASO PROPOSED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 7.29 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $18.62.

Notice of 2025 Tax Rate
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase - FY 2026
Tax Calculation Worksheets
Budget Public Hearing Notice
Mass Transit Budget Public Hearing Notice
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Visit www.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.

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Budget in Summary

The data table below shows different fiscal years and the budget/tax rate information. A description of each is as follows:

  • General Fund Budget Comparison: a general overview/summary of each year's budget
  • Property Tax Revenue Budgeted For Maintenance & Operations: Money spent of maintenance and operations for each fiscal year, more details can be seen in the budget books
  • Property Tax Revenue Budgeted For Debt Service: current debt obligations, meaning any interest, principal, sinking fund, and lease payments that are due in the coming year

 

FY 2020 Adopted FY 2021 Adopted FY 2022 Adopted FY 2023 Adopted FY 2024 Adopted FY 2025 Adopted FY 2026 Proposed
General Fund Budget Comparison $457,944,931 $441,985,321 $476,230,863 $512,751,272 $573,320,424 $599,635,164 $624,441,622
Property Tax Revenue Budgeted For Maintenance & Operations $213,883,503 $226,894,834 $235,929,354 $250,880,449 $264,319,112 $277,172,261 $302,037,588
Property Tax Revenue Budgeted For Debt Service $104,672,446 $102,290,938 $107,532,192 $117,092,782 $120,879,900 $120,553,212 $121,185,422

Property Tax Rate Comparison

   2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 Proposed
Property Tax Rate:  $0.907301/100   $0.907301/100 $0.862398/100 $0.818875/100 $0.761405/100 $0.759649/100
No new revenue tax rate:   $0.902107/100   $0.870490/100 $0.823058/100 $0.818875/100 $0.761405/100 $0.728317/100
No new revenue Maintenance & Operations Tax Rate:  $0.608543/100  $0.602776/100 $0.566621/100 $0.562409/100 $0.530850/100 $0.512141/100
Voter Approval Rate:  $0.913296/100  $0.909538/100 $0.871813/100  $0.843259/100 $0.790277/100 $0.765942/100
Debt Rate:  $0.283454/100  $0.285665/100 $0.277129/100 $0.256466/100 $0.230555/100 $0.210180/100