Financial Management-Local Budgets/Taxbase

1 Using the Table Below for the Town of Cumberland, Maine(Attached in the additional materials), answer the following questions:

  1. Between 2011 and 2020, what increased more, the Tax Levy or the Assessed Valuation? What also changed as a result?
  2. Is the Equalized State Valuation to the Assessed Valuation ratio consistent across the 10 years? What is unique about this ratio in 2020?

2 The projected budget for FY23 for Alachua County School District, FL, requires raising $93,323,864 from Local Property Taxes for Operations.

  1. If the Assessed Value of the County is $17,224,018,082, what is the millage rate required to fund the schools?
  2. If the Median House in Alachua County is valued at $186,000, how much in school taxes will a median household pay in property taxes in FY23?
  3. If the FY24 school operating budget is supposed to grow by 3% but the tax base is expected to grow by 12% due to inflows of residents moving to FL, what would the estimated millage rate be for FY24?