Where the West Begins, and Where Jets Are Built
Fort Worth has more than one million residents, about 1.03 million in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, and it has been one of the fastest-growing large cities in the country. The city spreads across Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Wise and Johnson counties. Its employers include Lockheed Martin's fighter plant, Bell, American Airlines, BNSF Railway and Alcon, and the AllianceTexas development in the north combines an industrial airport, a rail intermodal yard and millions of square feet of warehouses. The Stockyards, the Stock Show and Rodeo and nearby ranches keep the city's cattle heritage alive. BOMCAS works with Fort Worth clients remotely.
Our Texas overview covers the franchise tax, sales tax and property tax statewide; this page is about Fort Worth.
The Local Tax Picture
Fort Worth has no city income tax, and Texas has no state income tax. Businesses file the franchise tax report, collect 8.25 percent sales tax inside the city, which includes half a cent each for crime control and Trinity Metro, and pay property tax to the county, the city, school districts and other units. Hotel stays carry 17 percent tax. The Tarrant Appraisal District values most of the city's property, and parts of Fort Worth in other counties are valued by those counties' districts.
Gas Wells in the City
Fort Worth sits on the Barnett Shale, and during the drilling boom, operators leased mineral rights under whole neighbourhoods and drilled from pad sites inside the city. Many homeowners still receive royalty cheques, often small, which are taxable income. Mineral interests are also taxed as property. We see these royalties on many Fort Worth returns.
Our Fort Worth Clients
We work with aerospace and defense suppliers, logistics and trucking companies, distribution and warehouse operators, oil and gas companies and mineral owners, ranch families, construction firms building in the north and west, restaurants and venues in the Stockyards and Sundance Square, and households with airline, rail and aerospace careers.
Parts of the City
Downtown and Sundance Square hold offices, restaurants and hotels. The Cultural District and the Near Southside around Magnolia Avenue are full of museums, restaurants and small firms. The Stockyards on the north side draw visitors year round. Alliance and the I-35W corridor hold the logistics industry, west Fort Worth holds the aerospace plants and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, and the fast-growing north and southwest are filling with new subdivisions, many with special districts that add to property tax.
A City Still Growing
Much of Fort Worth's recent growth has come at its edges, in the far north along the Alliance corridor and in the southwest toward Benbrook and Crowley, where farmland has become subdivisions, schools and retail centres in a few years. That brings work for builders, trades, lenders and new small businesses, and it brings new households who often arrive from other states. Every one of them faces the same first questions: which county and appraisal district they are in, which special districts tax their property and which local sales tax rate applies to their address.
Calendar
- April 15: business personal property renditions due.
- Spring: freeport and agricultural applications due with the appraisal district.
- May 15: franchise tax report and usual protest deadline.
- January 31: property tax bills due.
How We Work
BOMCAS works online, using secure uploads, video calls and cloud accounting. We prepare returns, books and the figures needed for property tax and other matters, but we do not give legal advice or represent clients at hearings. Most new Fort Worth clients begin with a review of the past two years of returns and a list of what needs attention.
How BOMCAS Helps in Fort Worth
Fort Worth clients usually start with bookkeeping organised by job, truck, well or herd, sales, agricultural exemption and hotel tax filings and payroll for shifts, drivers and ranch hands. Each year we prepare business returns and franchise tax reports and household returns, including royalty income, and use them for planning around minerals, land and growth. Anyone behind can begin with back taxes and late filing, and Canadian businesses and families will find cross-border tax help.
If you also operate elsewhere in Texas, see our state guides to company returns, household returns, sales and use tax, monthly books, payroll, planning, overdue filings and cross-border matters.
Fort Worth Questions
Do you have an office in Fort Worth?
No. BOMCAS works with Fort Worth clients remotely through secure uploads, video calls and cloud accounting.
What is the sales tax rate in Fort Worth?
8.25 percent, including the city, crime control district and Trinity Metro portions.
Are small gas royalty payments taxable?
Yes. All royalty income is taxable, and the mineral interest may also be subject to property tax.
Do you work with ranches?
Yes, including cattle operations, grazing and hunting leases, and agricultural valuation questions.
Talk to BOMCAS About Your Fort Worth 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.
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.
Let BOMCAS know about your Fort Worth business or household and we will reply with next steps and the information we need for a quote. Contact us through the contact page or the form below, on 780-667-5250 or at info@bomcas.ca. Every Fort Worth service is listed on the Texas overview. This page is general information, not advice for your circumstances.