Eagle Pass to Keep Same Tax Rate, But Will Collect $661,163 More in Property Taxes
By Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2026 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.
The City of Eagle Pass is proposing to maintain its current property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, but increasing property appraised values will allow the City to collect more than $661,000 in additional revenue.
The Eagle Pass City Council is scheduled to consider the third and final reading of the City’s fiscal year 2026–2027 budget and proposed ad valorem tax rate during a special meeting Monday, September 14, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.
The proposed property tax rate is $0.480052 for every $100 of taxable property value. That is the same rate adopted by the City for the current fiscal year.
Although the rate would remain unchanged, the City’s proposed budget states that property tax revenue will increase by $661,163, or approximately 5.49 percent, compared to last year’s budget.
The total property tax levy is projected to increase from $12,053,251 in 2025 to $12,714,414 in 2026.
Of the additional revenue, approximately $141,973 will come from new property added to the City’s tax roll. The remainder will largely result from increased taxable values on existing property.
The City’s total taxable property value increased by approximately $137.7 million, rising to more than $2.64 billion. This represents an increase of approximately 5.49 percent over the previous year.
The proposed rate is divided into two portions. A rate of $0.241526 would support maintenance and operations, while $0.238526 would be used to pay principal and interest on City debt.
While the overall tax rate would remain the same, the City’s tax comparison shows that the impact on individual property owners could increase as a result of higher taxable values.
According to the proposed budget, the average taxable value of a residence homestead increased from $201,820 in 2025 to $222,610 in 2026.
At the proposed rate, the estimated City tax on an average homestead would increase from $968.84 to $1,068.64.
That represents an estimated increase of $99.80, or approximately 10.3 percent, for the average residence homestead.
The proposed rate is also higher than the City’s calculated no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.449474. The no-new-revenue rate is designed to generate approximately the same amount of property tax revenue from properties taxed during both years after adjustments required by state law.
The City could have lowered its rate by approximately three cents to the no-new-revenue level. Instead, officials are proposing to keep the existing $0.480052 rate as taxable property values continue to grow.
The City’s proposed budget authorizes approximately $65.7 million in expenditures across all municipal funds. Total revenue is projected at approximately $66.96 million, resulting in an anticipated increase of about $1.24 million in City resources.
The General Fund budget is approximately $41.95 million, an increase of more than $2.5 million, or 6.42 percent, from the current year’s adopted budget of approximately $39.42 million.
Property tax revenue allocated to the General Fund, including penalties and interest, is expected to increase by $576,052 to approximately $7.45 million.
The proposed budget also projects higher revenue from international bridge operations, sales taxes and ambulance services.
The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed tax rate before considering final adoption of the budget, ratifying the increase in property tax revenue and voting on the tax rate.
While residents may hear that the City is not raising its tax rate, the City’s own budget documents show that it expects to collect more property tax revenue because the taxable value of property within Eagle Pass has increased.
The figures come from the City’s FY 2026–2027 proposed budget and 2026 tax-rate notice.
