The City at Fort Hood's Gate
Killeen, in Bell County, had about 162,000 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate and is the largest city next to Fort Hood, one of the Army's largest installations. The Comptroller's 2025 study counted about 54,000 people working directly on the installation, more than 34,000 of them active-duty soldiers, along with about 44,000 dependants and more than 126,000 military retirees in the region. Texas A&M University–Central Texas and Central Texas College serve many soldiers and veterans. BOMCAS works with Killeen clients remotely.
Statewide rules are on the Texas overview; this page is about Killeen.
Killeen Taxes
Texas has no income tax, which matters to retirees and to spouses who make Texas their home, and companies file the franchise tax report. Sales tax is 8.25 percent: 6.25 percent state, 0.5 percent Bell County and 1.5 percent city. Hotel stays carry 15 percent: 6 percent state, 7 percent city and 2 percent Bell County. Property is appraised by the Bell County appraisal district, known as Bell CAD.
Who We Work With
We work with soldiers and their families, military spouses running businesses, Army civilians, contractor staff, retirees and disabled veterans, defence contractors, restaurants, dealers and shops near the gate, home builders and landlords who rent to military families.
Around Killeen
The old downtown and Rancier Avenue lie near the main gate, Fort Hood Street and Central Texas Expressway are lined with businesses, and newer neighbourhoods spread south toward Stillhouse Hollow Lake and the airport. Harker Heights and Copperas Cove share the same military economy.
Where Clients Usually Start
A soldier who just got orders and is deciding about the house. A spouse whose business needs a home after a move. A retiree with a new VA rating. A contractor with payroll taxes behind. We review recent returns and records and agree on the first steps.
Killeen Dates
- January 31: property taxes, W-2s and 1099s.
- April 15: federal returns and renditions, or later for soldiers in combat zones.
- May 15: franchise tax and most appraisal protests.
- Monthly: hotel tax for short-term rentals.
Working With Us
We work remotely, so the relationship continues after a move. We prepare returns, keep books, run payroll and plan. Legal advice and representation in disputes are for your attorney.
How BOMCAS Helps in Killeen
Contractors and small businesses near Fort Hood usually begin with bookkeeping that tracks contract costs or rental properties, payroll that handles wage determinations, tips and reservists, and sales and use tax, including the 15 percent hotel tax. Each year we prepare the business return and franchise tax report and the personal returns of soldiers, spouses, civilians and retirees, and use them for tax planning on the TSP, home sales and retirement. Missed years are handled under back taxes and late filing, and families with foreign spouses or accounts use cross-border tax.
Our Texas pages explain the statewide rules on business tax, personal returns, sales and use tax, bookkeeping, payroll, tax planning, back taxes and cross-border tax.
Killeen Questions
Do you have an office in Killeen?
No. We work with Killeen clients remotely.
Can you keep working with us after we PCS?
Yes.
What is the hotel tax in Killeen?
15 percent.
Do you prepare military returns?
Yes, including combat pay, moves and state residence.
Talk to BOMCAS About Your Killeen 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.
On the Coastal Bend, our Corpus Christi pages cover port and export terminal contractors, refinery and LNG work, the naval air station and Army depot, beach rentals on the island and windstorm-season records.
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.
Down on the Rio Grande, our Laredo pages work through trucking and drayage fleets, customs brokerage and bonded warehouses, sales to shoppers from Nuevo Laredo, Webb County gas royalties and families who live on both sides of the river.
Between Dallas and the airport, our Irving pages look at Las Colinas headquarters staff and executives, airport-area hotels and logistics firms, the city's 9 percent hotel tax, consultancies and the many families who came to Irving from abroad.
East of Dallas, our Garland pages cover factories and distribution centres along the industrial corridors, family businesses in the Vietnamese and Hispanic communities, the city's own electric utility and its quarterly hotel tax.
Further up the Tollway, our Frisco pages follow sports and entertainment businesses, the PGA campus at Fields, new subdivisions split between Collin and Denton counties, Universal Kids Resort and founders building fast-growing companies.
In the Collin County seat, our McKinney pages cover shops and restaurants on the historic square, insurers and defence contractors, Craig Ranch professionals, McKinney National Airport and its new passenger service, and fast-growing family neighbourhoods.
Between Dallas and Fort Worth, our Grand Prairie pages cover defence and aerospace plants and their suppliers, warehouses along the interstates, Asian Times Square and other immigrant-owned businesses, Lone Star Park and a city that reaches into four counties.
Up in the Panhandle, our Amarillo pages look at feedyards, wheat and cattle operations, the Tyson beef plant and Pantex, wind lease and royalty income, I-40 truck stops and hotels, and the city's 15 percent hotel tax.
At the southern tip of Texas, our Brownsville pages work through the port and its shipyards, LNG and space-industry contractors, sales to shoppers from Matamoros, families who live and work on both sides of the border and the hurricane season.
North of the Metroplex, our Denton pages deal with two universities and their students, staff and international scholars, Peterbilt and its suppliers, musicians and freelancers, student rentals and Barnett Shale royalties.
Whether you are sorting out a house after new orders, a spouse business that moved with you or a contract that needs cleaner books, send BOMCAS a short note. We will say what we would review first and what a quote depends on. Write through the contact page or the form below, phone 780-667-5250 or email info@bomcas.ca. Every Killeen service links back to the Texas overview. Nothing here is advice for your particular case; it is general information.