The Coastal Bend's Largest City
With roughly 317,000 people counted in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, Corpus Christi is the centre of the Coastal Bend. Its port is the largest U.S. gateway for crude oil exports, shipping about 2.2 million barrels a day in 2025, and the ship channel is lined with refineries, terminals and chemical plants. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi trains naval aviators, and the Corpus Christi Army Depot repairs Army helicopters. Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, health care and tourism on North Padre and Mustang islands round out the economy. BOMCAS works with Corpus Christi clients remotely.
Our Texas overview explains what applies across the state; this page turns to Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend.
Taxes in Corpus Christi
Nobody in Corpus Christi pays state or city income tax. Companies instead deal with the franchise tax and an 8.25 percent sales tax that includes several city shares for crime control, streets, seawall and economic development and half a cent for the regional transit authority. Hotel stays carry 15 percent, with the city's share filed monthly. Property is valued by the Nueces Appraisal District and taxed by the city, Nueces County, school districts and others.
Our Clients
We work with industrial contractors and maintenance firms, suppliers to the Army Depot and naval air station, marine businesses and fishing boats, hotels and restaurants, property managers and condo owners, real estate investors, plant workers, military families, retirees and winter residents from Canada and the Midwest.
Areas of the Region
Downtown and the bayfront hold offices, hotels and restaurants. The refineries and terminals line the ship channel north and west of downtown. The naval air station is on Flour Bluff, and the Army Depot is located on the air station. North Padre Island and Mustang Island attract visitors and rental investors, while the southside holds most of the city's newer neighbourhoods and shopping. Across the bay, Portland, Ingleside and Gregory host LNG, steel and other industrial plants.
Storms and Water
Hurricanes are a regular risk, and businesses and homeowners should keep records ready for insurance and tax claims. Windstorm coverage through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is common. The city has also been dealing with drought and water restrictions, with policies that would require large users to cut use in an emergency. Both affect costs and planning for local businesses.
Common Starting Points
New clients often bring a contractor that grew quickly with new plant work, a condo owner who never filed hotel tax, a household dealing with storm damage or a Canadian winter resident unsure about U.S. residency. We start with recent returns and records and agree on the next steps.
The Coastal Bend Calendar
- Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, so storm records should be ready before summer.
- The city's hotel tax report for each property is due by the 20th of every month.
- Federal individual returns and Nueces Appraisal District renditions are due April 15.
- The Texas franchise tax report and most value protests are due May 15.
- Property tax bills for the year must be paid by January 31.
How the Work Is Done
Everything happens remotely: you upload documents securely, we meet by video when needed and the books live in cloud software you can see at any time. Our role covers tax returns, bookkeeping, payroll and projections. We are not lawyers, so legal questions and hearings stay with your attorney.
How BOMCAS Helps in Corpus Christi
The groundwork is usually job-costed, storm-ready bookkeeping, sales tax and the city's monthly hotel reports and payroll for turnaround crews and summer staff. From those records come the federal returns and franchise tax report and the owners' household returns, which in turn drive planning for expansion, hurricanes and retirement. If years have slipped by, late filing help comes first, and snowbirds from Canada or overseas owners of coastal property should look at cross-border tax.
Inland or on the coast, the same Texas rules apply, and our state pages on business tax, personal tax, sales tax, bookkeeping, payroll, planning, back taxes and cross-border tax explain them.
Corpus Christi Questions
Is BOMCAS based in Corpus Christi?
No. We serve Corpus Christi and the rest of the Coastal Bend online, with secure uploads and video calls.
How is Corpus Christi's 8.25 percent sales tax split?
6.25 percent state, 1.5 percent across several city taxes and 0.5 percent for the regional transit authority.
Can you help with storm losses?
Yes, including casualty loss claims and insurance proceeds.
Do you work with Canadian winter residents?
Yes, including Form 8840 and rental income from Texas property.
Talk to BOMCAS About Your Corpus Christi Taxes
On the Gulf Coast, our Houston pages deal with energy companies and their contractors, the port and the ship channel, the Texas Medical Center, MUD and flood-zone property questions and Houston's 17 percent hotel tax.
In south-central Texas, our San Antonio pages cover Joint Base San Antonio households and contractors, River Walk hospitality, the Toyota supplier park, Eagle Ford royalties and family and business ties to Mexico.
In North Texas, our Dallas pages look at headquarters staff and executives, private companies and funds, a city spread over five counties, Love Field and DART-area sales tax and the restaurants of Deep Ellum and Bishop Arts.
West of Dallas, our Fort Worth pages cover aerospace and rail employers, the AllianceTexas logistics hub and its freeport inventory, Barnett Shale royalties on city lots, ranching families and the Stockyards hospitality trade.
In the capital, our Austin pages focus on tech employees with stock compensation, startups and founders, state employees, University of Texas faculty and students, licensed short-term rentals and the city's music and film freelancers.
At the far western tip of the state, our El Paso pages cover Fort Bliss families, maquiladora suppliers and customs brokers, export sales to shoppers from Juárez, jobs across the New Mexico line and the county's own half-cent sales tax.
Between Dallas and Fort Worth, our Arlington pages look at the GM assembly plant and its suppliers, the stadium district's ticket, parking and car rental taxes, UT Arlington and the hotels and restaurants that serve millions of visitors.
North of Dallas, our Plano pages focus on corporate headquarters staff and relocations around Legacy, executives with stock pay, internationally mobile families, Collin County homeowners and the suppliers that serve the big campuses.
On the South Plains, our Lubbock pages deal with cotton farms and gins, dairies and agricultural lenders, Texas Tech students, staff and researchers, health care, hail season and the city's 1.5 percent local sales tax.
A few lines about your Corpus Christi company, rental or household are enough for BOMCAS to suggest where to begin and which records a quote would need. Write through the contact page or the form below, call 780-667-5250 or email info@bomcas.ca. The full list of Corpus Christi services is on the Texas overview. This page is general information only and not advice for your circumstances.