Tax rates for the 2023 year have been set for most taxing jurisdictions. All tax rates and their exemption amounts (if any) are established by their respective taxing entity unless otherwise required by law. For additional tax rate information relating to the tax rates or exemption amounts, please contact the tax assessor-collector for that particular jurisdiction. 

If you need information regarding tax rates while they are in the process of being set, contact the jurisdiction or it’s tax assessor-collector directly. Use our “Taxing Jurisdictions” page to find contact information for the jurisdiction you wish to contact directly.

EXEMPTION CODES LEGEND:   HS = Homestead  OA / OV65 = Over 65  DP = Disabled Person  DV = Disabled Veteran  LOC OPT = Local Option
*5,000 Minimum       **N/A w/ OA or DP

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Basic Information About How Tax Rates Are Set

How tax rates are set – the local taxing unit’s role*

       Once the appraisal review board approves the appraisal records, the chief appraiser prepares an appraisal roll for each taxing unit. An appraisal roll lists all the taxable property within the unit’s boundaries. The appraisal district’s job is then finished for the current year. It has, at least in theory, provided a set of equal and uniform property values for the use of all local taxing units.

       The elected officials of each taxing unit adopt tax rates annually, generally in August or September. Several taxing units may tax your property, and all nonexempt property in the state is taxed by a county and school district. You also may pay taxes to a city or to special districts such as hospital, junior college or water districts. The tax roll is created when tax rates are applied to appraised values. After receiving the appraisal roll, each governing body must decide what services they will provide in the coming year and determine how much money it will need to do so.

A local government’s budget determines tax rate*

       As a taxpayer, it is important for you to understand how government spending affects the size of your tax bill. Changes in property values may affect your tax bill, but they do not necessarily increase or decrease the total amount of taxes paid to a taxing unit; that is determined by the taxing unit’s budget. Total taxes collected increase only when government spending increases. Truth-in-taxation laws give you a voice in decisions affecting your property tax rates. 

       The taxing unit must identify its needs and prepare a budget to meet them. To assist the taxing unit in this process, the chief appraiser prepares and certifies to the tax assessor-collector, by April 30, an estimate of the taxable value of property within that taxing unit. The taxing unit then must decide how much property tax revenue is necessary to fund that budget and, based on current year’s values, what tax rate is needed to produce that amount. The taxing unit also must determine the tax revenue it will need to pay its long-term debt. 

       The taxing unit must hold a public hearing on the proposed budget, and publicize its date, time and location. The proposed budget must be made available for your inspection. Generally, the governing body must set the public hearing for a date after the 15th day of the month following the month in which the budget is prepared, but before the date on which taxes will be levied by the taxing unit. If the taxing unit has a website, it must post its proposed budget there. 

       If your city or county proposes a budget that will require more property tax revenue than in the preceding year, it must include the amount of the proposed increase in its public notice of the budget hearing. This also must appear in large type on the cover page of the budget. The governing body must vote on the budget separately from its vote on the tax increase.

       *Information, in part, taken from the 2012 Property Tax Basics published by the Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD) of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. For more information regarding property taxation and how tax rates are established, see the section of the Property Tax Basics publication that discusses the board by clicking here.