{
  "id": "municipal-tax-base",
  "title": "Municipal taxable property base",
  "subtitle": "Certified taxable value · tax year 2026",
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "CITY OF EL PASO",
      "value": 57133453607,
      "entity": "CEP",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 51
    },
    {
      "label": "CITY OF SOCORRO",
      "value": 2621097411,
      "entity": "CSO",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 94
    },
    {
      "label": "HORIZON CITY",
      "value": 1772919630,
      "entity": "CHZ",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 66
    },
    {
      "label": "CITY OF SAN ELIZARIO",
      "value": 400370923,
      "entity": "CSA",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 80
    },
    {
      "label": "TOWN OF ANTHONY",
      "value": 291854122,
      "entity": "CAN",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 21
    },
    {
      "label": "VILLAGE OF VINTON",
      "value": 231307805,
      "entity": "CVN",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 108
    },
    {
      "label": "TOWN OF CLINT",
      "value": 138742337,
      "entity": "CCL",
      "field": "certified_taxable_value",
      "page": 35
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Certified taxable property values differ widely across El Paso County municipalities. These figures describe the tax base, not taxes collected, budgets, or household bills.",
  "spanish": "Los valores catastrales gravables certificados varían entre los municipios. Representan la base gravable, no la recaudación, los presupuestos ni las facturas de los hogares.",
  "question": "How do exemptions, valuation changes and adopted rates affect each municipality’s revenue? These totals alone cannot answer that question.",
  "reporting_period": "Tax year 2026",
  "source_title": "2026 EPCAD Certified Totals (with Exemption Amounts)",
  "source_url": "https://export.epcad.org/datasets/2026_EPCAD_Certified_Totals.pdf",
  "source_sha256": "0ab0e6c29406c5a9a24f081c3a6a4fcdb48bfc0c4b342438bf89613290eb2436",
  "source_retrieved_at": "2026-10-08T05:33:42.847651+00:00",
  "caveat": "Taxable value is not tax revenue or spending. Overlapping entities must not be summed.",
  "methodology": "Entity-level certified totals parsed from EPCAD's official PDF. Values are taxing-entity aggregates, not parcel, owner, address, or district records.",
  "version": "896ce74035a3504d",
  "published_at": "2026-10-09T04:44:45.078Z",
  "base": "/press/archive/municipal-tax-base/896ce74035a3504d",
  "live": "/press/live/municipal-tax-base"
}