How do I figure the tax on my home ?
The basic formula to figure the tax on a home using the Counties standard $2,000 homestead exemption is:

[(assessed value) - $2,000] * millage rate = tax due

Example: Fair market value means "the amount a knowledgeable buyer would pay for the property and a willing seller would accept for the property at an arm's length, bona fide sale." Assessed value is 40% of the fair market value. If a person that owned a home with a fair market value of $100,000 in an unincorporated area of a county where the millage rate was 25.00 mills, that person's property tax would be $950.00--[(100,000 * 40%) - $2,000] * .02500 = $950.00. Multiply $100,000 by 40% which is equal to the assessed value of $40,000 and subtract the homestead exemption of $2,000 from the assessed value. Then multiply $38,000 by the millage rate of .02500 which is equal to $950.00.

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1. Why is it necessary to update values annually in Paulding County?
2. Where do county tax dollars go?
3. Who determines the value of my property?
4. What property is not taxed?
5. Who has to pay the taxes?
6. When are taxes due?
7. What is Assessed Value?
8. What is a Tax Rate?
9. How do I figure the tax on my home ?
10. Can I pay my property taxes online?
11. How do I contact my county tax official about my property tax bill or property tax assessment?
12. Can I pay my property taxes online?
13. What is Homestead Exemption?
14. How often can a county reassess property?
15. What is market value?
16. What is an Annual Property Value Update?
17. Will all property values change?
18. How to Appeal a Property Tax Assessment?
19. What evidence do I need to present at a Board of Equalization appeal hearing?
20. Is timber taxed in Georgia?
21. Where do my tax dollars go?