Adopted Budget FY 2018-2019

General Fund
Tax Office
www.mcallen.net/departments/tax
Mission
Statement:
To assess and collect
the property tax that
is due to the City of
McAllen according to
current year Property
Values and all other
taxes that may be due.
Department Summary
Actual Adj. Budget Estimated Budget
Expenditure Detail: 16-17 17-18 17-18 18-19
Personnel Services
Salaries and Wages $ 209,077 $ 225,167 $ 210,872 $ 222,467
Employee Benefits 57,010 60,474 60,474 60,918
Supplies 5,240 5,833 5,833 5,833
Other Services and Charges 759,241 835,542 811,621 835,542
Maintenance 21,450 29,307 26,150 29,307
Operations Subtotal 1,052,018 1,156,323 1,114,950 1,154,067
Capital Outlay 578 - - 300
Total Expenditures $ 1,052,596 $ 1,156,323 $ 1,114,950 $ 1,154,367
PERSONNEL
Exempt 1 1 1 1
Non-Exempt 5 5 5 5
Part-Time - 1 1 1
Total Positions Authorized 6 7 7 7
Contact Us:
Rebecca Grimes
Tax Assessor-Collector
311 N. 15th Street
McAllen, TX 78501
(956) 681-1330
Description:
The tax office has two
separate functions:
Assessing - Applying
the current tax rate to
the certified values
from the Appraisal
District to calculate
the current year levy.
This levy is what the
City Commission
approves during our
budget process.
Collections -
Collecting the levy
calculated for the
current year and any
delinquent taxes still
on the tax roll. The
Tax Office is in the
process of obtaining
preliminary values
from the Hidalgo
County Appraisal
District to begin the
collection process for
the new tax year.
1.) Continue working very closely with Tax Attorneys to focus on personal property accounts and try
to collect any outstanding taxes before a business closes.
2.) Work closely with HCAD to update addresses in order to minimize the amount of return mail.
3.) Provide Staff who are not registered with TDLR to receive additional education from the
Property Tax System .
Performance Measures
Inputs:
Actual Goal Estimated Goal
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Full Time Employees 6 6 5 6
Department Expenditures $ 1,052,596 $ 1,156,323 $ 1,114,950 $ 1,154,367
Outputs:
Revenues generated:
Current Tax Collections $ 36,721,329 $ 38,921,181 $ 39,376,957 $ 41,794,612
Delinquent Tax Collections $ 994,915 $ 1,050,000 $ 1,100,000 $ 1,075,000
Tax Paid Due to Tax Suits $ 199,818 $ 250,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
Tax Levy $ 37,980,121 $ 39,715,491 $ 40,560,108 $ 42,647,564
Tax Accounts 55,127 55,817 55,903 56,647
Effectiveness Measures:
Collection rate of current taxes 97% 99% 97% 98%
Department expenditures as a % of
tax levy 2377.00% 2.91% 2.70% 2.71%
Efficiency Measures:
Accounts handled per full time
employee
MAJOR FY 18-19 GOALS
14,329 15,500 14,367 15,500
Collections per full time employee $ 6,120,222 $ 6,420,671 $ 6,562,826 $ 6,965,769
Department expenditures per capita $ 7.36 $ 7.96 $ 7.68 $
7.81
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