Truth-In-Taxation
A Guide for Setting Tax Rates for Taxing Units Other Than School Districts
- Introduction
- Part 1 – Truth-in-Taxation Overview
- Part 2 – The Effective Tax Rate
- Part 3 – The Rollback Tax Rate
- Part 4 – The Additional Sales Tax
- Part 5 – Required Public Notices and Hearings
- Part 6 – Rollback Elections
- Appendix 1: 2008 Planning Calendar
- Appendix 2: 2008 Effective Tax Rate Worksheet
- Appendix 3: 2008 Rollback Tax Rate Worksheet
- Appendix 4: Additional Sales Tax Rate
- Appendix 5: Additional Rollback Protection for Pollution Control
- Appendix 6: Water District Tax Rate Rollback Worksheet
- Appendix 7: Notice of Effective Tax Rate (PDF, 162 KB) (for use by most taxing units) — Form #50-212
- Appendix 8: Notice of Effective Tax Rate (PDF, 169 KB) (for use by counties) — Form #50-211
- Appendix 9: Statement of Increase/Decrease (PDF, 168 KB) — Form #50-179
- Appendix 10: Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase (PDF, 129 KB) — Form #50-197
- Appendix 11: Notice of Tax Revenue Increase (PDF, 72 KB) — Form #50-198
- Appendix 12: Small Taxing Unit Notice (Sample) (PDF, 79 KB) — Form #50-757
- Appendix 13: Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate (PDF, 107 KB) — Form #50-304
- Appendix 14: Tax Rate Rollback Petition and Ballots (PDF, 205 KB)
The 2008 Truth-In-Taxation (PDF, 375 KB)
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