NOTICE
The
Whitfield County Board of Commissioners
does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Whitfield County Administration Building No. 1, located at 301 W. Crawford Street on August 28, 2017 at 5:00 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year’s digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2017 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
COUNTY WIDE 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Real & Personal 3,118,349,241 3,088,802,938 3,200,402,925 3,275,290,728 3,288,349,102 3,456,758,913
Motor Vehicles 242,330,080 268,995,750 239,080,670 152,743,580 122,861,080 97,811,660
Mobile Homes 17,855,399 16,085,200 15,760,651 15,435,825 15,417,467 15,994,103
Timber - 100% 864,810 270,044 291,532 388,574 407,219 125,522
Heavy Duty Equipment 96,000 275,146 755,693 600,388 838,975 537,832
Gross Digest 3,379,495,530 3,374,429,078 3,456,291,471 3,444,459,095 3,427,873,843 3,571,228,030
Less M& O Exemptions 835,851,413 812,616,543 869,629,696 906,601,021 896,054,401 887,587,000
Net M & O Digest 2,543,644,117 2,561,812,535 2,586,661,775 2,537,858,074 2,531,819,442 2,683,641,030
State Forest Land Assistance Grant Value 0 560,140 556,133 552,192 558,353 563,133
Adjusted Net M&O Digest 2,543,644,117 2,562,372,675 2,587,217,908 2,538,410,266 2,532,377,795 2,684,204,163
Gross M&O Millage 11.751 12.006 10.120 11.449 13.740 12.863
Less Rollbacks 5.690 5.945 4.059 4.388 4.179 3.534
Net M&O Millage 6.061 6.061 6.061 7.061 9.561 9.329
Total County Taxes Levied $15,417,027 $15,530,541 $15,681,128 $17,923,715 $24,212,064 $25,040,941
Net Taxes $ Increase $1,220,041 $113,514 $150,587 $2,242,587 $6,288,349 $828,877
Net Taxes % Increase 8.59% 0.74% 0.97% 14.30% 35.08% 3.42%