This is a suggestion for the BOS members who are on this board. I believe that a disclosure statement along with the tax bills would help explain the various components of the bill to the property owners. I think that it could take the tax rate that is being charged and break it down into the base property tax, each debt exclusion (refund, rebate, grant or whatever you want to call it), and now the CPA charge.
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It does not have to be on the tax bill, just a note included with the tax bill. Something like this. (numbers are examples only)
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Your tax rate of $10.00 / $1000 is comprised of:
$9.51 / $1000 - Base property tax (limited by Prop. 2 1/2)
.39 / $1000 - Debt Exclusion - Martin / SHS voted mm/dd/yyyy
- .30 / $1000 - State refund - Martin / SHS
.22 / $1000 - Debt Exclusion - Police / Fire - voted mm/dd/yyyy
.18 / $1000 - CPA assessment - voted mm/dd/yyyy
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All of these are components to the tax rate. Disclaimers can be put in to inform about the waiver process for things like the CPA. This should help folks understand the true impact of the debt exclusion and better understand how their taxes are divided between the base tax that goes to the operating budget, debt exclusions that go to capital projects and that CPA.
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Property Tax Bill - explanation
