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Call 281.476.2237 for information about emergency response incidents at member facilities and off-site transportation incidents (such as a tanker truck, rail car, pipeline, or marine vessel) that may impact Shoreacres or the surrounding community.

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TAX INFORMATION

 

PROPERTY TAX

The City of Shoreacres 2011 Property Tax Rate: $0.820125 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 0% above the 2011 Effective Tax Rate of $0.820125.

The City of Shoreacres 2010 Property Tax Rate: $0.824670 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 5% above the 2010 Effective Tax Rate is $0.785400.

The City of Shoreacres 2009 Property Tax Rate: $0.884264 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 5% below the Effective Tax Rate of $0.930804.

The City of Shoreacres 2008 Property Tax Rate: $0.700560 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 0% above the Effective Tax Rate of $0.700560.

The City of Shoreacres 2007 Property Tax Rate: $0.726891 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 0% above the Effective Tax Rate of $0.726891.

The City of Shoreacres 2006 Property Tax Rate: $0.728040 per $100 valuation.
The tax rate adopted is 2% above the Effective Tax Rate of $0.71366.

Exemptions:

  • The City of Shoreacres began offering an over 65 homestead exemption to its residents in 1973.  Since then the amount of the exemption has been increased four times from the original $3,000 exemption. Today the City of Shoreacres Over 65 Exemption is: $40,000.
     

  • The City of Shoreacres grants a homestead exemption to qualified disabled residents in the amount of $7,500.

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SALES TAX

The state sales tax rate in the City of Shoreacres (Harris County) is: 7.25%*
          * Effective October 1, 2009, the sales tax rate increased to 7.50%

The state sales tax rate in the City of Shoreacres (Chambers County) is: 7.75%
                * Effective October 1, 2009, the sales tax rate increased to 8.00%

Note: All residential areas of the city are located within Harris County.

The City of Shoreacres receives a 1% Sales Tax collected inside the city.
            * Effective October 1, 2009, the City of Shoreacres began receiving 1.25%

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MORE TAX INFORMATION

Additional detailed property tax information can be found on the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) website.

Additional detailed sales tax information can be found on the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts website.

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