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CITY OF HALTOM CITY ANNUAL BUDGET, FY2021 BUDGET OVERVIEW

MAJOR REVENUES

PROPERTY TAX

The City’s property tax is levied based on appraised value of property as determined by the Tarrant
County Appraisal District. The Tarrant County Tax Office bills and collects the property tax for the
City.
The combined tax rate is $0.66576 per $100 assessed valuation, which consists of $0.40375 for
maintenance and operations cost (recorded in the General Fund) and $0.26201 for principal and
interest payments on bond indebtedness (recorded in the Debt Service Fund).

Outlook
Property tax revenues for FY2021 has increased by 4.5% due to the increase in property values.
Property value is based on the certified tax roll from the Tarrant County Appraisal District. For
future years, the growth should continue as more of the developments are completed and newer
properties are included on the tax rolls.

Major Influence
Factors affecting property tax revenues include population, development, property value, tax rate
and tax assessor appraisal and collection rate.

Debt Service Percent of
Fiscal Year General Fund Total
Fund Change
2012 6,834,749 3,240,804 10,075,553 0.0%
2013 7,322,009 3,281,196 10,603,205 5.2%
2014 7,702,997 3,526,990 11,229,987 5.9%
2015 7,941,285 3,636,079 11,577,364 3.1%
2016 7,876,104 4,022,127 11,898,231 2.8%
2017 8,515,314 4,352,034 12,867,348 8.1%
2018 9,326,617 4,331,228 13,657,845 6.1%
2019 9,451,150 5,138,500 14,589,650 6.8%
2020 10,074,387 5,981,136 16,055,523 10.0%
2021 10,263,788 6,271,130 16,534,918 3.0%

Property Tax Revenues

20

15
$5.98 $6.27
$5.14
$4.33
$4.35
Millions 10 $3.24 $3.28 $3.53 $3.64 $4.02
5
$6.83 $7.32 $7.70 $7.94 $7.88 $8.52 $9.33 $9.45 $10.07 $10.26
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

General Fund Debt Service Fund

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