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With & Without Homestead Exemption
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The only calculator based on the actual tax bills. The detailed spreadsheet for each city is provided showing how the millage rates are broken down exactly as in the tax bills. For the person who wants to be sure and wants to be able to double check the calculations.
Find which cities and counties have the lowest property taxes.
Just enter the home price and get the taxes in 19 counties and 121 cities
- Separate City Tax Bill?: Online real estate sites just pull from the county websites. If the city tax is billed separately, it's not going to show up on the online real estate site and you'll be in for a big surprise.
- Current Taxes Don't Predict Your Future Taxes : Homestead exemptions and Value Freezes can really distort what future taxes will be.
- General "Rules of Thumb" Can Be Way Off : The range amongst various cities is from 0.82% to 2.03%. That's a big spread.
- Garbage Included? Some cities and counties include sanitation fees in their tax bills, usually around $200-$300. The spreadsheet let's you know whether or not the garbage fee is part of the tax bill so you can make an apples to apples comparison.
Don't Guess Wrong and Find Out Next Year You Can't Afford Your Taxes!
Just enter the home price and get the taxes in 19 counties and 121 cities
Client Case Studies
Wanchun
Choice of 4 counties for their $650,000 home. Big difference in taxes:
Gwinnett- $9,337
Barrow-$6,692
Walton-$7,642
Buford, Hall- $5,345
Brian
Zillow showed property taxes for his $475,000 home to be only $1,505. They didn't show the Marietta city taxes. Total taxes for the next year would actually be $5,738.
Judy
Assumed Dunwoody taxes would be higher than in an unincorporated part of DeKalb County since she'd be paying both city and county taxes. Actually Dunwoody total city and county tax is only $5,486 vs. $6,474 for unincorporated DeKalb County.
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Where Are the Lowest Property Taxes?
It depends on the price point of the home. We include sheets that sort them from lowest to highest at 10 different price points, from $200.000 to $2,000,000
A big $50,000 homestead exemption like the city of Atlanta has gives lower priced homes a much much bigger tax break since it would eliminate most of the property tax for a $150,000 home. But for a $1 million home, it doesn't make that big of a difference. So You really need to compare different county and city taxes at the price point you are thinking of buying. The city with the lowest taxes for a $200,000 home might not be the lowest for a $2,000,000 home.
Let's Get Down to the Details.
Yes, it will make your head hurt, but the little details are there if you really want to go down the rabbit hole.
The spreadsheet shows you exactly how the tax value was calculated. If you question the assumptions, it gives you the links and the process on how to go to the source material yourself so you can be confident that the numbers are correct.
Sample of a tax bill from 140 municipalities
A spreadsheet that replicates each tax bill's calculations
Step-by-step instructions on how to locate a property's tax bill
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