Taxes in New Braunfels
Texas has no state personal income tax -- a statewide, constitutional fact, not New Braunfels-specific -- and New Braunfels residents pay a combined sales tax rate of 8.25% (6.25% state, 1.5% city, 0.5% Comal County), the maximum combined rate Texas law allows. As throughout Texas, property tax is where the real state-and-local tax burden actually lands here; see the property-taxes topic page for that detail.
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Learn moreNo State Income Tax (Briefly Restated)
Texas has never levied a personal state income tax, and a 2019 constitutional amendment (76% voter approval) converted the prior referendum-required framework into an outright ban, raising the bar for any future repeal to a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber plus a statewide referendum. This is a statewide fact, not New Braunfels-specific, but it applies in full here and is a real, structural driver of the metro's appeal to buyers relocating from income-tax states, alongside its tourism and outdoor-recreation identity.
New Braunfels' Combined Sales Tax Rate
The combined sales tax rate in New Braunfels is 8.25%, per 2026 sales-tax rate aggregators (Avalara, SalesTaxHandbook) reviewed August 2026: Texas's 6.25% state base rate, plus a 1.5% City of New Braunfels local rate, plus a 0.5% Comal County rate -- together hitting the statutory 8.25% cap on combined state-and-local sales tax that Texas law allows anywhere in the state. This is already at the ceiling and cannot legally go higher without a change in state law.
No Real Estate Transfer Tax
Texas does not impose a state or local real estate transfer tax on the sale of a home -- a genuine, commonly cited advantage relative to many other states. This lowers the closing-cost baseline for a New Braunfels home purchase, though it does not offset Texas's comparatively high property tax rates (see the property-taxes topic page).
Property Taxes (Summary -- See Full Topic Page)
Property tax is the other major state-and-local tax exposure for a New Braunfels homeowner, and given the city's two-county footprint, it's genuinely more variable here than in a single-county city: the base record cites roughly 1.79% effective in Comal County and 1.69% in Guadalupe County. See the property-taxes topic page for the full breakdown, homestead exemption mechanics, and the 10% appraisal cap -- detail this summary intentionally does not repeat.
Key takeaways
- No Texas state income tax -- statewide, constitutional, not a New Braunfels-specific advantage, but a real driver of the metro's appeal to relocating buyers.
- New Braunfels' combined sales tax rate is 8.25% (6.25% state + 1.5% city + 0.5% Comal County) -- already at the statutory maximum Texas allows.
- Texas has no real estate transfer tax, a genuine advantage versus states that levy a documentary stamp tax or similar fee on deeds.
- Property tax is the real state-and-local tax burden, and it genuinely varies by which of New Braunfels' two counties an address sits in -- roughly 1.69%-1.79% effective; see the property-taxes topic page.
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