How do your taxes compare with other areas? Across Iowa, property taxes represent one of the most substantial tax burdens most individuals and businesses pay. Over half of the property taxes paid statewide in Iowa will be for cities (29.06 percent) and counties (21.95 percent). Using information from the Iowa Department of Management and the U.S. Census Bureau, TEF created scorecards by looking […]
Statewide, almost 22 percent of all property taxes paid are for Iowa counties. How do your taxes compare with other counties? Using information from the Iowa Department of Management and the U.S. Census Bureau, TEF created scorecards by looking at the change in three measurements from Fiscal Year 2016 to Fiscal Year 2017. Change in property tax rates (both rural […]
Cities collect over 29 percent of all property taxes statewide. How do your taxes compare with other cities? Using information from the Iowa Department of Management and the U.S. Census Bureau, TEF created scorecards by looking at the change in three measurements from Fiscal Year 2016 to Fiscal Year 2017. Change in property tax rates Change in property tax revenue […]