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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the City Budget?
- How is the budget created?
- How can I get involved in the budget process?
- Does the city prepare a long-term financial plan?
- How can I invest in municipal bonds from the City of Sugar Land?
- How do I get a sales tax permit for a new business in Sugar Land?
- Given economic conditions related to COVID 19, what is being done to manage the budget?
- Has COVID 19 created revenue shortfalls for Sugar Land?
- What has been done to respond to revenue shortfalls?
- What tax rate is necessary to fund the budget?
- What is the impact of the tax rate being considered to my City tax bill?
- For fiscal year 2021, Sugar Land plans to issue less than a half cent of the 3 cents voters approved in 2019 for bond projects. How does this impact the delivery of the 2019 bond projects authorized b
- Do I have to do anything to receive the homestead exemption?
- What drainage projects are being funded in the proposed budget?
- What is the IWRP?
- How do the unfunded mandate for surface water conversion and implementation of the IWRP affect my utility bill?
- How long has it been since the City increased utility rates?
- Over the past few years, we have seen a significant reduction of retail sales in physical stores, the closing of businesses, etc. Has this factor been built into the projected income from sales tax?
- Why did Sugar Land city council pass a resolution calling on the Fort Bend tax assessor-collector to calculate the city’s voter-approval tax rate at 8 percent instead of the new 3.5 percent threshold
- Sugar Land residents have a very high tax burden. Why add more?
- Did City Council support the bond election?
- When will the projects be completed?
- Why is the City holding a bond election rather than paying for the projects as we go?
- What is the bond election's impact on Sugar Land's tax rate?
- What are property tax impacts if the bonds are approved?
- What is Sugar Land’s current level of debt, and what revenue sources are used to make those debt payments?
- What checks and balances are in place to make sure that bond money is only spent on the projects as authorized by the voters?
- How do the proposed drainage bond projects interact/coordinate with drainage projects that are ongoing within the City’s various LIDs and Fort Bend County?
- What is the impact of the tax rate being considered to my City tax bill?
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