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General Fund

Tax Office
www.mcallen.net/departments/tax

Mission Department Summary
Statement: Actual Adj. Budget Estimated Budget

To assess and collect Expenditure Detail: 17-18 18-19 18-19 19-20
the property tax that Personnel Services
is due to the City of Salaries and Wages $ 215,185 $ 228,921 $ 219,094 $ 230,164
McAllen according to Employee Benefits 60,382 61,925 61,925 66,407
current year Property Supplies 5,898 6,133 6,133 8,000
Values and all other Other Services and Charges 809,653 829,542 829,861 860,651
taxes that may be due. Maintenance 27,798 35,307 30,260 29,307

Operations Subtotal 1,118,916 1,161,828 1,147,273 1,194,529
Capital Outlay - - 300 -
Total Expenditures $ 1,118,916 $ 1,161,828 $ 1,147,573 $ 1,194,529
PERSONNEL
Exempt 1 1 1 1
Non-Exempt 5 5 5 5
Part-Time - 1 - 1
Total Positions Authorized 6 7 6 7

Contact Us: MAJOR FY 19-20 GOALS

Rebecca Grimes
1.) Continue working with Tax Attorneys to focus on personal property accounts that are no
Tax Assessor-Collector
longer collectible.
311 N. 15th Street
2.) Provide Staff who are not registered with TDLR to receive additional education to better
McAllen, TX 78501
(956) 681-1330 serve our customers.
3.) Have Administrative Assistant Certified as a Tax Asessor Collector with TDLR.
Description: Performance Measures

The tax office has two Actual Goal Estimated Goal
separate functions: FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 19-20
Assessing - Applying Inputs:
the current tax rate to
the certified values Full Time Employees 6 7 6 7
from the Appraisal Department Expenditures $ 1,118,916 $ 1,161,828 $ 1,147,573 $ 1,194,529
District to calculate Outputs:
the current year levy. Revenues generated:
This levy is what the $ 39,469,011 $ 41,794,612 $ 40,841,480 $ 42,164,938
City Commission Current Tax Collections
approves during our Delinquent Tax Collections $ 1,169,283 $ 1,075,000 $ 1,127,952 $ 1,080,000
Tax Paid Due to Tax Suits
budget process. $ 439,000 $ 200,000 $ 286,069 $ 275,000
Collections - Tax Levy $ 40,627,888 $ 42,647,564 $ 42,104,619 $ 43,469,008
Collecting the levy Tax Accounts 55,897 56,647 56,745 57,264

calculated for the
current year and any Effectiveness Measures:
delinquent taxes still Collection rate of current taxes 97% 98% 98% 98%
on the tax roll. The Dept expenditures as a % of tax levy 2.75% 2.71% 2.73% 2.75%
Tax Office is in the Efficiency Measures:
process of obtaining
preliminary values Accts handled per full time employee 14,385 15,500 14,620 14,316

from the Hidalgo
County Appraisal Collections per full time employee $ 7,570,452 $ 6,965,769 $ 7,285,202 $ 7,207,490
District to begin the Department expenditures per capita $ 7.60 $ 7.87 $ 7.66 $ 7.86
collection process for
the new tax year.

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