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Tax Notices

2024 Tax Documents: Notice about Tax Rate | Calculation Worksheet
2023 Tax Documents: Notice about Tax Rate | Calculation Worksheet
2022 Tax Documents: Notice about Tax Rate | Calculation Worksheet
2021 Tax Documents: Notice about Tax Rate | Calculation Worksheet
2020 Tax Documents: Notice about Tax Rate | Calculation Worksheet

Finance

The Finance Department is the administrative arm of the City's financial operations. The department has the responsibility for the City's overall fiscal operations, annual budget development, and financial reporting. Fiscal operations include financial budgeting, accounting, and reporting for 34 separate funds including the General Fund and the five Enterprise funds. Other governmental funds include the Debt Service Fund, Internal Service Fund, Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund, BCDC Fund, three capital projects funds, two risk management funds, consumer deposits, deferred compensation, and 17 special revenue funds.

The department collects, records, summarizes and reports the results of all financial transactions that occur within the City operations and prepares the City financial statements.

Additional fiscal responsibilities encompass cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll. The City's investment portfolio, capital assets, inventory, grants, purchasing, central warehouse, and municipal court are also managed by the Finance Department.

The City's Finance Department works in conjunction with the Administration to prepare and provide financial reports to residents. It is the Finance Department's goal to provide as much information, in a transparent manner, as possible. If there is information not located on this page that a citizen may wish to see, please contact the City Secretary's Office at 979-337-7567.

Accounting

Accounts payable processes all vendor invoices for payment. If you have a question about an invoice or payment, please contact Accounts Payable- 979-337-7560

Vendors should submit invoices for payment to:

City of Brenham
Accounting Department
P.O. Box 1059
Brenham, TX 77834-1059
Or email: ap@cityofbrenham.org

Vendor payments are typically processed each Wednesday and are mailed Thursday. All vendor payments are mailed. All vendors the City of Brenham conducts business with must provide a completed W-9 form to the Accounting Department. Completed forms may either be mailed to the address listed above or faxed to 979-337-7554. If you are unsure whether or not your business has submitted a valid W-9 form, please contact Accounts Payable - 979-337-7560. The City's payment terms are net 30.

Staff Contacts

Budget & Documents

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Reports5 documents

• FY2023 Proposed Property Tax Rate
  document date 08-05-2023
• FY2022 Proposed Property Tax Rate
  document date 10-01-2022
• FY2021 Proposed Property Tax Rate
  document date 10-19-2021
• FY2020 Proposed Property Tax Rate
  document date 08-02-2019
• FY2019 Proposed Property Tax Rate
  document date 02-04-2019

Budget16 documents

• FY2024-2025 Proposed Budget
  document date 08-02-2024
• FY2023-2024 Budget
  document date 08-04-2023
• FY2022-2023 Budget
  document date 08-02-2022
• FY2021-2022 Budget
  document date 08-10-2021
• FY2020-2021 Budget
  document date 08-06-2020
• FY2019-2020 Budget
  document date 01-10-2020
• FY2018-2019 Budget
  document date 10-01-2018
• FY2017-2018 Budget
  document date 10-01-2017
• FY2016-2017 Budget
  document date 10-01-2016
• FY2015-2016 Budget
  document date 10-01-2015
• FY2014-2015 Budget
  document date 10-01-2014
• FY2013-2014 Budget
  document date 10-01-2013
• FY2012-2013 Budget
  document date 10-01-2012
• FY2011-2012 Budget
  document date 10-01-2011
• FY2010-2011 Budget
  document date 10-01-2010
• FY2009-2010  Budget
  document date 10-01-2009

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report17 documents

• 2022-2023 Annual Financial Statements
  document date 03-21-2024
• 2021-2022 Annual Financial Statements
  document date 03-16-2023
• 2020-2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
  document date 03-09-2022
• 2019-2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date 03-23-2021
• 2018 - 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date 03-19-2020
• 2017 - 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date 03-08-2019
• 2011-2012 - Annual Financial Statements
  document date 03-01-2012
• 2016 - 2017 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2015 - 2016 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2014- 2015 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2013 - 2014 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2012 - 2013 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2010 - 2011 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2009 - 2010 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2007 - 2008 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2006 - 2007 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none
• 2008 - 2009 - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
  document date none

5-Year Plan1 document

• Combined Multiyear Financial Plan 2023-2028
  document date 06-20-2023