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Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 11, 2026

Checkbook

The Checkbook dataset includes information about the City's payments, including vendors and contracts. This portal contains checkbook information from 2018 to present.

Finance DepartmentUpdated Jun 4, 2025

This data represents solicitations for various goods and services for purchases for all departments within the City of Houston that were previously posted on the City’s e bid site. Both formal (over $50,000.00) and informal ($50,000.00 and under) solicitations issued from September 1, 2002 through December 3, 2023 are included in this dataset.

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Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 17, 2024

Budget

The Budget dataset contains information about funds allocated by department and general ledger, as well as budgeted versus actual expenses, where applicable. This page, or other pages, in this Open Budget module presents financial information without interfund eliminations. Other City publications, such as the Monthly Financial Report or Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, may present financial information differently depending on the purposes of those publications. As a result, there may be differences between the data or information in the Open Budget and other City publications.

Finance DepartmentUpdated Oct 17, 2024

Outcome Based Budget

Performance measurement linked to the outcome based budget.

Finance DepartmentUpdated Dec 14, 2023

Property Tax

General property taxes are ad valorem taxes levied on the assessed valuation of real and personal property. Taxable values for all real and personal property within the City, depending on their locations, are established by the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD), Montgomery County Appraisal District (MCAD) or Fort Bend County Appraisal District (FBCAD), collectively County Appraisal Districts (CAD), based upon market values as of January 1st. City Council approves exemptions such as homestead, 65 and over, disabled as well as Freeport exemptions and then sets a tax rate according to the state law.

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