WHERE DO OUR 2001 TAX DOLLARS GO?

The following is used as an example to illustrate where your tax dollars would go if you owned a home with a market value of $90,000. You would be taxed at 55% of that value, which is $49,500 taxable value. (Value X Rate = $)

ENTITY
School District
Assess & Collect
Judgement Levy-Co.
Sevier County
TOTAL

RATE
.007312
.000400
.001059
.002732
.008700

TAX AMOUNT
$361.94
$ 19.80
$52.42
$135.23
$569.36

If you reside in one of the following cities add:

Annabella
Aurora
Elsinore
Glenwood
Joseph
Koosharem
Monroe
Redmond
Richfield
Salina
Sigurd

.001094
.001643
.002047
.000870
.000739
.000673
.001567
.001650
.002522
.002444
.001175

$ 54.15
$ 81.33
$ 101.33
$ 43.06
$ 36.58
$ 33.31
$ 77.57
$ 81.67
$124.84
$120.98
$ 58.16

Sevier County is just one of the entities that receive your tax dollar. The owner of a $90,000 home paid Sevier County $11.27 a month, or $2.60 a week, or $.37 a day, for the following services:

Extension service
Wild fire suppression
Emergency services
Indigent burials
Television transmission
Economic Development
GIS mapping
Special Events Coordinator
Bookmobile
Planning & zoning
Services of:
Recorder
Assessor
Treasurer
Clerk/Auditor
Attorney
County Commissioners

Search and rescue
Mosquito spraying
Weed spraying
EMT and ambulance service
Public Defender
Mental Health ( Drug & alcohol)
Public Health (immunizations)
Social Service (nutrition & heating)
Fairground (County Fair
County road maintenance
Law enforcement
Aging programs
Elections
Cloud seeding
Justice Court
Fire Protection
4-H programs

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