Taxes & Utilities

Businesses and individuals find the Texas system extremely favorable. There is no personal income tax, state property or unitary tax. Texas is one of only seven states without a personal income tax.

Taxes
 

2011 Property Tax Rates

(per $100 assessed value)		  
City 0.58550*
McKinney ISD 1.52400
Collin County 0.24000
Collin County Community College 0.08667
Total Tax Rate per $100 2.43617
Who to Contact for Information: Central Appraisal District of Collin County
2404 K Avenue
Plano, TX 75074-5911
972-578-5200 (Metro)
972-562-1404 (McKinney)

 

* Maintenance & Operations
Interest & Sinking
0.40650
0.17900
0.58550
 

 
 



 

 

Sales Tax Rate

  
State 6.25%
City 1.00%
4A (Economic Development) 0.50%
4B (Community Development) 0.50%
Total Sales Tax Rate 8.25%


  


Utilities
 

Water & Sanitation

For general information and for rates, please contact the City of McKinney at ub.mckinneytexas.org or call 972.547.7550

Physical Address
McKinney City Hall
222 N. Tennessee
McKinney, TX 75069
 

Office Hours
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday (except holidays)

Mailing Address
City of McKinney
PO Box 8000
McKinney, TX 75070-8000

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity

Provider depends on location
 

  • Substations in McKinney: 2
  • Dual Feed Available: Yes
  • Distribution Voltage (KV Rating): 25 KV
  • Transmission Voltage (KV Rating): 69KV 138KV 345KV
  • Service Voltage: 120/208 120/240 277/480
  • Total Capacity: 22,449,000 KW
  • Reserve at System Peak: 26.9%
  • Reliability: .999888 (customer hours of available service divided by customer hours demanded)
 
 

 

CoServ (formerly Denton County Electric) is a member-owned, full service, electric distribution utility providing reliable residential, commercial and industrial service throughout the western portion of McKinney. CoServ purchases its power from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative.


  • Distribution Voltage (KV Rating): 25KV
  • Transmission Voltage (KV Rating): 138 KV
  • Service Voltage: 120/208 120/240 277/480
  • Total Capacity: 2,078,000 KW
  • Reserve at System Peak: 15.2%
  • Dual Feed Available: YES
  • Reliability: .99997
 

Other providers

First Choice Power, Inc. - 1-866-469-2464
GEXA Energy - 1-866-961-9399
Green Mountain - 1-866-473-3689
Reliant Energy - 1-866-735-4268
Stream Energy - 1-866-447-8732
TXU Energy Inc. - 1-866-225-5898

For more information about electricity deregulation, please call the Public Utility Commission at
1-866-PWR-4-TEX.

 


Natural Gas

Provider depends on location
 

Atmos Energy is the largest natural-gas-only distributor in the United States. Their regulated distribution operations deliver natural gas to 3.2 million residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and public-authority customers. Their distribution services are provided to more than 1,600 communities in 12 states.

Other providers

CoServ - 800-274-4014

 
 


Telephone Service

(Provider depends on location)


 

  • Switching Equipment: Central Office 5ESS
  • Interexchange Carriers & Resellers: 197 Serving McKinney (99 offer Feature Group D)(98 offer Feature Group B)
  • Fiber Optics: YES (trunking used between McKinney & Dallas)
  • Other Services:
    • A number of SLC-96 and SLC Series 5 are utilized in the local network, some officio are served by fiber optic cable
    • T-1 circuits capable of interactive video service are available.
    • ISDN available.
    • Central Office is digital

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Other providers

Grande Communications - 1-877-238-6891
Sage Telecom - 1-888-449-4940