What Are Property Taxes?
Property owners will have to pay property taxes. Like other taxes, they are used by the government to cover the costs of infrastructure and services in a community. Property taxes are placed on the value of your home, land, or business property. They are sometimes referred to as an ad valorem tax, a tax type where how much you pay is based on something’s value—in this case, the value of your real estate. Property taxes are only collected by local governments such as cities, counties, and states; the federal government does not levy any property taxes. The rate widely varies from place to place.
How Are Property Taxes Determined?
The formula for figuring out how much you will have to pay is Property Tax x Assessed Value of a Property = Property Tax Owed. The first step in determining how much you owe in property taxes is establishing the value of your property, including the land you own and any buildings on it. This is called the assessed value. Assessors hired by your local tax authority are tasked with establishing your property’s worth regarding taxes. Your property’s estimated value differs from your home’s market or actual value. Some jurisdictions use an assessment ratio for tax assessments when only a fraction of your home’s value is taxed. For example, if your home is found to have a value of $350,000 and your city, county, or state uses an assessment ratio of 60%, your home’s assessed value would be $210,000 ($350,000 x 60%). Therefore, you would apply the tax rate to $210,000 instead of $350,000. How often your property is assessed depends on where you live. In one place, it might be yearly, while somewhere else, it may be every three years.
Once your assessed value has been decided, it’s time to apply the tax rate – often expressed as millage or mill rates. One mill equals one-tenth of one cent; in other words, one mill is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 of home value. For example, say your local jurisdiction has a millage rate of 10. You would divide that by 1,000, which equals $0.01. That means you pay $0.01 for every $1,000 of property value. So if your assessed value is $210,000, you would multiply that by $0.01 to get a total property tax payment of $2,100.
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