Texas at the Border
El Paso sits at the far western tip of Texas, on the Rio Grande across from Ciudad Juárez and beside New Mexico. It had about 683,000 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, and it keeps Mountain Time, unlike most of the state. Together with Juárez and Las Cruces, it forms a binational region of more than two million people. Fort Bliss, one of the Army's largest posts, had more than 41,000 direct employees in the Comptroller's 2025 study. Health care, UTEP, logistics, customs brokerage and the supply chains of the Juárez factories make up much of the rest of the economy. BOMCAS works with El Paso clients remotely.
Rules that apply everywhere in Texas are set out in the Texas overview; this page looks at El Paso and the border.
Taxes in El Paso
There is no state or city income tax. Businesses file the Texas franchise tax report and collect 8.25 percent sales tax, which in El Paso includes half a cent for the county and half a cent for transit. Hotel stays carry 17.5 percent. Property tax goes to the county, city, school district, University Medical Center's hospital district and others, and the El Paso Central Appraisal District values property. New Mexico, with its own income and gross receipts taxes, begins at the west edge of the city.
Our El Paso Clients
We work with suppliers to maquiladoras, warehouse and logistics companies, customs brokers and freight forwarders, retailers selling to shoppers from Mexico, Fort Bliss contractors, restaurants, medical practices, real estate investors on both sides of the border and families with income, property or relatives in Mexico. Many households include soldiers, veterans or military retirees.
Areas of the City
Downtown and the streets near the Paso del Norte and Stanton bridges hold the shops that serve cross-border shoppers. The east side and the area around the airport hold most of the warehouses and logistics companies, while the west side runs toward the New Mexico line and the industrial parks of Santa Teresa. Northeast El Paso surrounds Fort Bliss, and the Medical Center of the Americas near downtown holds the hospitals and the Texas Tech health sciences campus.
Common Starting Points
New El Paso clients often come to us with an unfamiliar form: a Form 5471 for a family company in Chihuahua, an FBAR for a Juárez bank account, an export exemption that an auditor questioned or a New Mexico return for work across the line. Others need monthly books that handle dollars and pesos or payroll that covers employees living in Mexico. We start by gathering the last two years of returns and records and agreeing what needs to be done.
Key Dates
- April 15: renditions due to the El Paso Central Appraisal District, and federal individual returns and FBARs.
- May 15: franchise tax report and usual protest deadline.
- Monthly or quarterly: sales, mixed beverage and hotel tax.
- January 31: property tax bills due.
Working With Us
All work is online, through secure uploads, video calls and cloud accounting. We prepare U.S. returns, books, payroll and projections; Mexican filings are handled by the client's Mexican accountant, and we do not give legal advice or represent clients at hearings.
How BOMCAS Helps in El Paso
El Paso clients usually begin with bookkeeping that handles pesos and intercompany charges, sales tax with export records and payroll for workers from Juárez, New Mexico and Fort Bliss contracts. Each year we prepare business returns and franchise tax reports and household returns, and use them for planning around group structure, expansion and military transitions. Anyone with missed forms can start with back taxes and late filing, and the U.S. side of Mexican and Canadian ties is covered under cross-border tax.
Away from the border, our state pages on business returns, individual returns, sales tax, bookkeeping, payroll, planning, catching up and international filings explain the Texas rules.
El Paso Questions
Do you have an office in El Paso?
No. BOMCAS works with El Paso clients remotely through secure uploads, video calls and cloud accounting.
Can you help with Mexican companies and accounts?
We prepare the U.S. filings for them, including Forms 5471 and FBAR, and work with the client's Mexican adviser.
What is the sales tax rate in El Paso?
8.25 percent, including half a cent for El Paso County and half a cent for transit.
Do you work with New Mexico filings?
Yes, for El Paso residents and businesses with work or income in New Mexico.
Talk to BOMCAS About Your El Paso Taxes
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Tell BOMCAS about your El Paso company or household and we will explain what we would do first and which papers would let us quote. Reach us through the contact page or the form below, call 780-667-5250 or email info@bomcas.ca. Every El Paso service is on the Texas overview. This page offers general information only, not advice for your case.