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Brownsville, like all of Texas, has no income tax. In place
of an income tax is a variety of other taxes used to support
the public schools, roads and services. The two most notable
are property taxes and sales tax.
Brownsville city sales tax is 8.25%.
The list
of sales-taxable items varies, but Texas, to its credit,
does not levy a tax on unprepared food.
Ad
valorem taxes are levied against real estate property based
on the appraised market value of real property. See
www.cameroncad.org
for details.
Tax rates
are based on per $100 assessed valuation
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City of
Brownsville |
0.68 |
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Brownsville
Independent School District |
1.4856 |
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Cameron County |
.3582 |
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Brownsville
Navigation District |
.0673 |
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Texas Southmost
College |
0.1628 |
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South Texas
Independent School District |
0.0392 |
For more
information on what you can expect when the taxman comes
a-knocking on your door, contact your County Tax
Assessor-Collector:
They are
located at 964 E. Harrison St, Brownsville, TX, in the first
floor of the Cameron County Court House Administrative
Building.
If you'd
rather contact them by mail, address it to:
Tony
Yzaguirre, Jr.
P.O. Box
952
Brownsville, TX 78522-0952
Telephone
956-544-0800
E-Mail
assessor_collector@co.cameron.tx.us
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