El Paso County
El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector (Ascarate Tax Office)
In short
El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector (Ascarate Tax Office) issues 1 permit we publish for El Paso County, last verified 2026-09-29. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Local Fee on TABC Alcohol Permitsonly if it applies to you | El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector (Ascarate Tax Office) | Statutory basis: Alcoholic Beverage Code sections 11.38 and 61.36 allow the county to charge a local fee on each TABC permit for premises in the county, capped at one-half of the state fee. The amount depends on the permit type held; the Tax Assessor-Collector publishes its fee table on its Alcoholic Beverage Tax License page. | tied to the underlying TABC permit term | 2026-09-29 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
County Local Fee on TABC Alcohol Permits
A business that holds a TABC beer, wine or liquor permit for a location in El Paso County owes a local fee to the County Tax Assessor-Collector (Ascarate Tax Office, 301 Manny Martinez, (915) 771-2325). State law caps the fee at half of the state fee, and a mixed beverage permit is exempt for its first three years. Since SB 1008 took effect on 1 September 2025, Health & Safety Code section 437.01235 bars a county from charging this fee on a food service establishment or retail food store that has already paid a food permit fee to DSHS or to a county, city or health district, so most restaurants and coffee shops that pay a food permit fee are outside its reach. The county page lists amounts but states no period; this record gives the statutory basis only. Contact the Tax Office for the amount that applies to a specific permit.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- El Paso County
- Phone
- (915) 771-2325
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Alcoholic Beverage Tax License (Tax Assessor-Collector)El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
- SB 1008, 89th Legislature (enrolled) — county food fee cap and alcohol-fee exceptionTexas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Chapter 11 (§11.38, local fee on state liquor permits, capped at one-half the fee schedule in effect August 31, 2021)Texas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 437, Regulation of Food Service Establishments, Retail Food Stores, Mobile Food Units, and Roadside Food VendorsTexas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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