Fiscal Year 2025-26 Tax Rates

Tax Rate
Property $0.574017 per $100 taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.


City of Austin Property Tax Rates

The Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $190,707,336 which is a 16.9 percent increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $20,027,343.
 

Rate

Fiscal Year
 2024-25

Fiscal Year
2025-26
Property Tax Rate

0.4776

0.574017
No-New-Revenue Rate

0.4508

0.483319
No-New-Revenue M&O Tax Rate

0.3686

0.396408
Voter Approval Tax Rate

0.4776

0.524017
Debt Rate

0.0961

0.113735
2025-2026 City of Austin General Obligation Debt Service: 

$253,525,250

 

Fiscal Year 2025-26 City Council Tax Rate Vote

Name

District

Vote
Kirk Watson

Mayor

For
Natasha Harper-Madison

1

For
Vanessa Fuentes

2

For
José Miguel Anwar Velásquez

3

For
José “Chito” Vela

4

For
Ryan Alter

5

For
Krista Laine

6

For
Mike Siegel

7

For
Paige Ellis

8

For
Zohaib “Zo” Qadri

9

For
Marc Duchen

10

For

Click here to view details about the City's Budget and the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget City Council Vote. 


Previous Fiscal Year Tax Rates

FY 2024-25
Tax Rate
Property 47.76 cents per $100 taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2023-24
Property 44.58 cents per $100 taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2022-23
Property 46.27 cents per $100 taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2021-22
Property 54.10 cents per $100 of taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2020-21
Property 53.35 cents per $100 of taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2019-20
Property 44.31 cents per $100 of taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 11% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.
FY 2018-19
Property 44.03 cents per $100 of taxable value
Sales 1% of gross taxable sales
Hotel/Motel Occupancy 9% of room rate
Motor Vehicle Rental 5% of gross rental receipts
Mixed Drink The State of Texas assesses a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax on mixed beverages. The City receives 10.7143% of total mixed beverage tax receipts collected in Austin.
Bingo The State of Texas assesses a 5% prize fee on bingo winnings in excess of $5. The City receives 25% of the fee collected on a prize awarded at a bingo game conducted in Austin.

 

City of Austin Public Improvement Districts - Service and Assessment Plans

The City of Austin is required to post this language pertaining to public improvement districts. For the Service Plans posted on this page, the following notices apply:

NOTICE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE, TEXAS, CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY

The properties within the public improvement districts for which the Service Plans have been posted here as required by Section 372.013(f), Local Government Code.

As the purchaser of the real property described above, you are obligated to pay assessments to the Travis County Tax Office, Texas, for the costs of a portion of a public improvement or services project (the "Authorized Improvements") undertaken for the benefit of the property within the district created under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

AN ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN LEVIED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY FOR THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH MAY BE PAID IN FULL AT ANY TIME.  IF THE ASSESSMENT IS NOT PAID IN FULL, IT WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS THAT WILL VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST PAID, COLLECTION COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND DELINQUENCY COSTS.

The exact amount of the assessment may be obtained from the City of Austin. The exact amount of each annual installment will be approved each year by the City Council of the City of Austin in the annual service plan update for the district. More information about the assessments, including the amounts and due dates, may be obtained from the City of Austin.

Your failure to pay any assessment or any annual installment may result in penalties and interest being added to what you owe or in a lien on and the foreclosure of your property.


Downtown PID

East 6th PID

Estancia Hills

Indian Hills
South Congress PID
Whisper Valley

 

NOTICE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE, TEXAS, CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING HOTEL PROPERTY

Hotels within the public improvement districts for which the Service Plans have been posted here as required by Section 372.013(f), Local Government Code.

As the purchaser of the real property described above, you are obligated to pay assessments to the Travis County Tax Office, Texas, for the costs of a portion of a public improvement or services project (the "Authorized Services") undertaken for the benefit of the property within the district created under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

AN ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN LEVIED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY FOR THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES, WHICH MUST BE PAID IN FULL WITH EVERY PAYMENT BY THE HOTEL OF LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REMITTANCES TO THE MUNICIPALITY.  YOUR FAILURE TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT MAY RESULT IN PENALTIES AND INTEREST BEING ADDED TO WHAT YOU OWE, AND MAY INCLUDE THE PURSUIT OF ANY OTHER REMEDY THAT IS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 372.0035(d), LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

Information about the calculation of the assessment may be obtained from the City of Austin. The exact assessment rate will be approved each year by the City Council of the City of Austin in the annual service plan update for the district. More information about the assessments, including the assessment rate and due dates, may be obtained from the City of Austin.


Austin Tourism PID