Hub of the Panhandle
Amarillo, in Potter and Randall counties, had about 205,000 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate. Its largest employers are Pantex, with about 4,600 workers, and Tyson Foods, with about 4,000, followed by Bell's aircraft assembly centre with about 900. The city is the trading centre for cattle feeding, wheat, dairy, oil, gas and wind across the Panhandle, and a crossroads on Interstates 40 and 27 and historic Route 66. BOMCAS works with Amarillo clients remotely.
What applies everywhere in Texas is on our Texas overview; this page is about Amarillo and the Panhandle.
Amarillo Taxes
Texas has no income tax. Companies file the franchise tax report, and Amarillo's sales tax is 8.25 percent, with 2 percent for the city. Hotel stays carry 15 percent tax: 6 percent state, 7 percent city and 2 percent for the Amarillo-Potter Events Venue District. Property in both counties is appraised by the Potter-Randall Appraisal District, and much land around the city carries agricultural valuation.
Our Amarillo Clients
We work with feedyards and ranches, farm families, carriers and cattle haulers, truck stops and hotels, contractors serving the plants and energy projects, clinics and practices, royalty and wind lease owners, plant workers and retirees.
The City and Its Region
Downtown Amarillo and the Polk Street district hold offices and restaurants; the medical district in the west holds hospitals and Texas Tech's health sciences campus; Interstate 40 carries hotels and truck stops across the city; and newer neighbourhoods spread south into Randall County toward Canyon. Beyond the city limits lie feedyards, farms and wind farms that many Amarillo businesses depend on.
Typical First Questions
A rancher who sold extra cattle in a drought year. A family that inherited mineral interests and never reported royalties. A carrier behind on heavy vehicle use tax. A feedyard unsure about H-2A payroll. We review recent returns and records and agree on priorities.
Amarillo Dates
- January 31: property taxes, W-2s, 1099s and farm Form 943.
- March 1: farmers who skip estimated tax file and pay by this date.
- April 15: federal returns and business renditions to Potter-Randall Appraisal District.
- May 15: franchise tax and most protests; monthly or quarterly: sales and hotel tax.
Working Together
We work with Amarillo clients through secure uploads, video calls and shared cloud books. We prepare returns, keep books, run payroll and plan; legal work and representation in disputes remain with your attorney.
How BOMCAS Helps in Amarillo
Panhandle businesses usually start with bookkeeping that tracks cattle, loads, fuel or jobs, payroll that handles farm rules, H-2A crews and plant shifts, and sales and use tax with agricultural exemptions and the 15 percent hotel tax. At year-end we prepare the business return and franchise tax report and the families' personal returns, including royalties and wind leases, and use them for tax planning on equipment, drought sales and succession. Anyone with missed filings starts with back taxes and late filing, and newcomers and foreign landowners use cross-border tax.
Our statewide Texas pages cover business tax, personal tax, sales tax, bookkeeping, payroll, planning, back taxes and cross-border tax in more depth.
Amarillo Questions
Do you have an office in Amarillo?
No. We work with Amarillo clients remotely.
What is the Amarillo hotel tax?
15 percent in total.
Do you work with farms and ranches?
Yes, including Schedule F, farm payroll and planning.
Can you help with royalty income?
Yes, including depletion and late filings.
Talk to BOMCAS About Your Amarillo Taxes
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Whether you run cattle north of town, a fleet on Interstate 40 or a clinic in the medical district, tell BOMCAS a little about it and we will reply with what to review first and what a quote requires. Use our contact page or the form below, call 780-667-5250 or email info@bomcas.ca. Our Amarillo services are all linked from the Texas overview. Please treat this page as general information, not advice on your own circumstances.