Kaufman County residents pay taxes to many different entities but all of the taxes are collected through Kaufman County. Each of the participating entitles contract with the County to have their taxes collected, which Kaufman County then distributes accordingly to those entities Many people are under the assumption that all taxes collected stay with Kaufman County. Click the link below to find out the tax rates for each of the entities who contract with the County for collection.
CLICK HERE to see the five-year history of each entity's tax rates.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Kaufman County has reduced its property tax rate for the past five years consecutively. See below for a history of adopted rates.
2015 0.5762
2016 0.5887
2017 0.5887
2018 0.5887
2019 0.537112
2020 0.504957
2021 0.461171
2022 0.416262
2023 (proposed) 0.411458
See proposed 2023-24 Budget HERE: