Published revenue plan
$201.8MFY2026 amended budget by source and fund
Where city money comes from
Taxes are only the beginning of the story
Follow the FY2026 plan, the latest City accounting snapshot, state sales-tax allocations, and the City’s annual hotel-tax report—all with their accounting boundaries intact.
Taxes in the plan
$115.9M57.4% of planned revenue
Latest sales-tax allocation
$5.6M2026-08 · +28.8% year over year
Latest City accounting snapshot
Open City report FY2026 through June 2026
75.0% of the fiscal year was complete. The pipeline now derives these fields from the newest accepted monthly report instead of leaving the PDF searchable but unstructured.
Collected81.5%
$91,283,857 of $111,990,841Thin marker = fiscal-year pace
Actuals70.5%
$81.4MCash/accounting activity recorded
Including encumbrances75.7%
$6.1M still committedActuals plus open commitments
Revenue91.3%
$28,102,143 of $30,798,335Fund revenue collected
Expenditures73.9%
$22,560,008 of $30,538,335Debt-service budget used
The report projects property-tax collections near 100% of budget after a planned July transfer of 85% of incremental property-tax revenue to TIRZ funds.
Actual operating expenses were 69.0%; the larger number includes $4.4M of commitments.
The report’s comparison is +11.3% after removing HD Supply.
Vacant positions reported as of Aug 1, 2026; this is a staffing count, not a spending variance.
Actual-and-encumbrance percentages include open commitments, not only cash expenditures. This derived snapshot is rebuilt from the latest accepted City monthly financial report and remains separate from outside feeds.
Independent monthly signal
Open state source New Braunfels sales-tax allocations
Net monthly payments reported by the Texas Comptroller. This is now refreshed directly from the state open-data endpoint.
FY2026 through August$49.2M+16.9% versus the same months
Published coverage56 months2022-01 through 2026-08
Inspect allocation detail Comptroller allocation payments are an external cash-flow signal and may not equal City ledger revenue recognized for the same month.
New official annual feed
Open state dataset How New Braunfels reported using FY2025 hotel tax
The refresh now discovers the newest annual Comptroller dataset automatically, selects one exact City record, and normalizes every non-zero reported use.
Local HOT rate7%City-reported Chapter 351 rate
Reported revenue$4.4MMost recently completed fiscal year
Reported allocations$4.5MDisplayed separately from collections
Unspent still held$3.1MDown from $3.9M reported for preceding years
Advertising and promotion$3,150,630
69.9% reportedInformation or visitor centers$616,860
13.7% reportedArts$367,859
8.2% reportedHistoric preservation$335,882
7.5% reportedTax administration$37,538
0.8% reportedDay-to-day operations$560
0.0% reportedThe City-submitted HOT fields are published by the Texas Comptroller but are self-reported and not independently verified by the Comptroller. Revenue, allocations, and unspent balances are shown as separate reported fields rather than forced to reconcile.
Money-in composition
Five major published revenue groups
Hover or open the source workbook for ledger-account detail.
All taxesProperty, sales, franchise, mixed beverage, and hotel occupancy taxes
57.4%$115,860,136ServicesService charges, licenses, permits, rentals, development fees, fines, parking, and parks
26.9%$54,339,340Intergovernmental revenueFederal, state, and other government sources
7.2%$14,598,596Other revenueInterest income and other published revenue
6.2%$12,447,986Transfers inTransfers between city funds
2.3%$4,579,209Detailed sources
Largest planned inflows
Line items beneath the major revenue groups.
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Property taxesTaxes
$57.8M02
Municipal sales taxTaxes
$38.1M03
Franchise taxTaxes
$14.3M04
Other revenueOther revenue
$8.1M05
Development feesServices
$6M06
Parks revenueServices
$5.2M07
Hotel occupancy taxTaxes
$4.7M08
Interest incomeOther revenue
$4.4M09
Licenses & permitsServices
$4.5M10
Cost-of-goods revenueServices
$3.3MWhere planned revenue lands
Revenue by fund
A fund is the accounting destination—not necessarily a department or project.
General Fund55.4% of revenue plan
$111.9MDebt Service Fund15.3% of revenue plan
$30.8MSolid Waste Fund6.5% of revenue plan
$13.1MSelf Insurance Fund4.0% of revenue plan
$8.2MGrant Fund3.3% of revenue plan
$6.7MTransit Fund3.0% of revenue plan
$6MHotel/Motel Tax Fund2.3% of revenue plan
$4.7MAirport Fund2.3% of revenue plan
$4.7MAll other funds7.8% of revenue plan
$15.8MPlanned revenueStructured by source and fund
Actual reportsLatest monthly General Fund and Debt Service fields normalized
Recipient connectionOnly when a supported fund/account link exists
Planned revenue comes from the City’s FY2026 Budget Line-Item Detail workbook. Monthly City actuals, Comptroller sales-tax allocations, and annual hotel-tax reporting remain separate evidence layers and are never substituted for one another.