Politics & Government
Bartow Proposes Millage Rate Increase
Rate hike means the county will collect $5.9 million more than last year.
Homeowners in Cartersville and Bartow County take note: The county has proposed a millage rate increase, according to The Daily Tribune.
Unincorporated areas will see their property tax rates go up by 1.95 mills; incorporated areas will see theirs rise by 1.92 mills. That's a 25.2 percent increase for unincorporated homeowners, and 21.2 percent for those in city limits.
According to the county website, this is a 24.1 percent tax increase for the county as a whole, $5.9 million more than last year, and more taxes than it collected in any other year since before 2008.
Read the Tribune's full report here.
See also: Cartersville Schools Keep Millage Rate Same
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