{
  "id": "city-tax-rate-history",
  "title": "A decade of City property-tax rates",
  "subtitle": "City of El Paso · dollars per $100 valuation",
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "FY2017",
      "value": 0.7597,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2018",
      "value": 0.8034,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2019",
      "value": 0.8433,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2020",
      "value": 0.9073,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2021",
      "value": 0.9073,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2022",
      "value": 0.9073,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2023",
      "value": 0.8624,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2024",
      "value": 0.8189,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2025",
      "value": 0.7614,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    },
    {
      "label": "FY2026",
      "value": 0.7596,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "adopted_property_tax_rate",
      "page": 92
    }
  ],
  "summary": "The City of El Paso budget book shows the published property-tax rate rising through FY2020, remaining at that level through FY2022, and then declining through FY2026. A lower rate does not necessarily mean a lower tax bill.",
  "spanish": "El libro presupuestario de la Ciudad muestra que la tasa publicada subió hasta el año fiscal 2020, se mantuvo hasta 2022 y luego bajó hasta 2026. Una tasa menor no necesariamente significa una factura menor.",
  "question": "How did taxable values, exemptions and overlapping taxing entities change during the same period?",
  "reporting_period": "FY2017–FY2026",
  "source_title": "City of El Paso FY2026 Budget Book",
  "source_url": "https://www.elpasotexas.gov/assets/Documents/CoEP/OMB/FY26-Budget/FY2026-Budget-Book.pdf",
  "source_sha256": "ec729d5bdc93d71406381b41d6a9e19f45876abf23ce80a374ff767a8641e55f",
  "source_retrieved_at": "2026-10-09T05:00:00.000Z",
  "caveat": "A tax rate is not a tax bill. Property values, exemptions and overlapping taxing entities affect what a household pays.",
  "methodology": "Rates are transcribed from the City budget book chart on PDF page 92 (printed page 89), using the four-decimal values as published.",
  "format": "tax_rate",
  "unit_label": "dollars per $100 valuation",
  "badge": "ADOPTED CITY RATE · NOT A TAX BILL",
  "version": "b06528210b3161ac",
  "published_at": "2026-10-09T05:59:59.222Z",
  "base": "/press/archive/city-tax-rate-history/b06528210b3161ac",
  "live": "/press/live/city-tax-rate-history"
}