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New Budget Year With Property Tax Increase Begins Today For Escambia County, Century
October 1, 2018
Monday marked the first day of the new 2018-2019 budget years for both Escambia County and Century, and a relative increase in property tax rates for residents of both.
Century’s budget is $3.43 million, about $1.17 million lower than the town’s previous budget year. The property tax rate is 7.3 percent higher than the rolled-back rate.
Read: Did Century’s Property Tax Increase Violate The Town Charter.
Escambia County’s budget is $475 million, up from $456 million last fiscal year. Property taxes are 3.17 percent higher than the rolled-back rate.
Read: Citizen’s Guide To Escambia County’s Budget
The roll-back rate is the tax rate that would generate the same amount of property tax revenue as approved for the prior year. A millage rate higher than the roll-back rate is defined by the state as a tax increase.
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7 Responses to “New Budget Year With Property Tax Increase Begins Today For Escambia County, Century”
Not true. The millage rate has been the same for six years now. Since they did not decrease it to the rollback rate, that is a tax increase each and every year
People are actually complaining about this?
This is the first property tax increase in this county in four years. In the previous three years the property tax actually went DOWN, each year. Please do a little research before you take to the internet with your unfounded complaints.
WHY DOES THE SHERIFF GET PART OF THE BUDGET AND A MSUB???????
PEOPLE NEED TO READ AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT AND JUST GO BY WHAT THEY SEE AND HER ON TV, THERE ARE THING STUCK ON THE END THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT.
For anyone who can’t afford property tax increases I have a great idea. Let’s show the commisioners we won’t stand this by refusing to pay. But first give me your addreas before the yearly property tax rolls comes out. I will take care of it for you my friend.
Tax Increases are of no surprise.
The State keeps cutting taxes to Big Business and other interests so less $$$ coming from them.
The State provides $$$ and services to the Counties and when the State $$$ is less there has to be an increase in Local Property Taxes.
Fuss if you wish, I enjoy decent roads, Fire-Sheriff-EMT protections and other things that we too often take for advantage. All of that takes $$$ and has to come from someplace, that “someplace” is always the citizens in one form or another.
No problems with this.
It’s one increase after another in this county.Thanks for nothing Escambia Co. Commisioners.
Time to throw the the scoundrels out of office. Inept leadership from the city and county.