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Table 6
Property Tax 1991-92 on $80,000 of Business Personal Property
Average Business Personalty
CITY Property Industrial Commercial
Abilene $2012 $1998 $1938
Amarillo 1748 1781 1570
Arlington 1936 1999 1893
Austin 2104 2108 2209
Beaumont 1793 1834 1661
Brownsville 1931 2040 1980
Corpus Christi 2049 2036 2184
Dallas 1796 1878 1741
El Paso 1796 1900 1677
Fort Worth 2102 2182 2120
Garland 1769 1798 1732
Grand Prairie 1881 1904 1838
Houston 1853 1864 1878
Irving 1753 1812 1802
Laredo 1539 1592 1603
Lubbock 1781 1796 1886
Mesquite 1839 1886 1863
Midland 1881 1923 1890
Odessa 1862 1901 1828
Pasadena 1842 1914 1674
Plano 1772 1756 2022
San Angelo 1745 1739 1676
San Antonio 2131 2140 2168
Waco 1825 1866 1731
Wichita Falls 1690 1692 1709
Minimum $1539 $1592 $1570
Maximum 2131 2182 2209
In El Paso, industrial personal property was taxed 5.8%
higher than the average ($1,900 vs. $1,796), and commercial
property was taxed 6.6% lower than average ($1,677 vs. $1,796).6
When searching for new industries for their cities,
community and business leaders are concerned with tax comparisons
for business personal property. State and federal taxes apply
regardless of the community, but local property taxes can be a
6 As detailed in Appendix F, in El Paso the average ratio of appraisal to
market value for industrial personal property in 1991 was 100%, compared to 88% for
commercial personalty, and to 94.5% average for all types of property.
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