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Local governments in Iowa started a new fiscal year on July 1.\u00a0 Those new fiscal years bring new budgets, and many times, new tax rates.\u00a0 What\u2019s unique about this fiscal year (2023), however, is that Iowa counties are no longer tasked with paying the bill for mental health services.\u00a0 One key feature of 2021\u2019s tax relief package<\/a> was the phase out of the mental health levy from county property taxes, as the responsibility of mental health was shifted from counties to the state.<\/p>\n

Mental health levies ranged from $0.00 (Audubon County) to $0.58 (Wapello County) last year.\u00a0 It seemed reasonable that Iowans would see cuts to their county property tax rates falling somewhere within that range, if not greater, for this new fiscal year.\u00a0 Putting any discussion of valuations and assessments aside, some counties really delivered cuts to their property tax rates this year, even when factoring in the mental health savings provided to them by the state. \u00a0Chart 1 identifies the six Iowa counties that made the largest cuts to their urban levy rates when factoring in the elimination of the mental health levy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Unfortunately, 48 counties did not pass along the full amount of mental health savings the state provided them.\u00a0 This group includes 23 counties that actually raised their rates altogether!\u00a0 Chart 2 identifies the six Iowa counties that made the largest increases to their urban levy rates when factoring in the elimination of the mental health levy, and Chart 3 identifies all 48 counties that withheld the mental health savings from their citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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An analysis of statewide data paints the same picture that county governments were not able to pass along all of the savings the Iowa Legislature created for them.\u00a0 The average urban levy rate for Iowa counties in 2022 was $6.23, with the mental health levy averaging $0.31 per county, or 5.0 percent of the overall rate.\u00a0 The average rate in 2023 was only reduced to $6.00, a reduction of just 3.8 percent.\u00a0 It is becoming clear that there are only so many levers the Legislature can pull to reduce the property tax burden on Iowans.\u00a0 It is up to local citizens to work with their local governments to identify priorities and opportunities for savings within local budgets.<\/p>\n

You can see how your county handled the mental health savings here<\/a>, or check out ITR Local<\/a> to see how your county\u2019s tax rate stacks up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local governments in Iowa started a new fiscal year on July 1.\u00a0 Those new fiscal years bring new budgets, and many times, new tax rates.\u00a0 What\u2019s unique about this fiscal year (2023), however, is that Iowa counties are no longer tasked with paying the bill for mental health services.\u00a0 One key feature of 2021\u2019s tax relief package was the phase out of the mental health levy from county property taxes, as the responsibility of mental health was shifted from counties to the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[104,65,28],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-scaled.jpeg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-300x300.jpeg",300,300,true],"medium":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-500x333.jpeg",500,333,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-768x512.jpeg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-1024x683.jpeg",640,427,true],"widgets_image_size":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-800x3989.jpeg",800,3989,true],"folio":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-600x400.jpeg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-1536x1024.jpeg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-2048x1365.jpeg",2048,1365,true],"bizberg_medium":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-300x300.jpeg",300,300,true],"bizberg_gallery":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-500x400.jpeg",500,400,true],"bizberg_blog_list":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-368x240.jpeg",368,240,true],"bizberg_detail_image":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-825x400.jpeg",825,400,true],"bizberg_portfolio_homepage":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-600x400.jpeg",600,400,true],"bizberg_blog_list_no_sidebar_1":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-220x190.jpeg",220,190,true],"bizberg_detail_image_no_sidebar":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-920x400.jpeg",920,400,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-45x45.jpeg",45,45,true],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-272x182.jpeg",272,182,true],"advps-thumb-one":["https:\/\/itrfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AdobeStock_349104210-600x220.jpeg",600,220,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

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