Total City Property Tax Rates

(Per $100 Assessed Valuation)

City of Brazil

Brazil Township

 

Property Tax:  $3.0570 per $100 of assessed valuation before real and other property tax credit of 28.0344% and business personal property tax credit of 12.8034% (paid by State from sales tax receipts) for 2005 taxes payable in 2006.  Household goods exempt.

 

 

 

By Year Payable

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002 (1)

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State

 

$0.0024

 

 $    0.0024

 

 $    0.0033

 

 $    0.0033

 

 $    0.0100

County

 

0.3486

 

      0.3355

 

      0.2997

 

      0.4427

 

      1.2918

Township

 

0.0459

 

      0.0231

 

      0.0214

 

      0.0272

 

      0.0707

School

 

1.6643

 

      1.4668

 

      1.2330

 

      1.9870

 

      6.0355

Library

 

0.1634

 

      0.0888

 

      0.0829

 

      0.1223

 

      0.3559

Corporation

 

0.8324

 

      0.7133

 

      0.6723

 

      0.8740

 

      2.5436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Tax Rate

 

$3.0570

 

 $    2.6299

 

 $    2.3126

 

 $    3.4565

 

 $  10.3075

 

(1) The method of assessing real property was changed for payable year 2002 resulting in assessed values of approximately three times prior years’ assessed valuations and one-third of prior years’ tax rates.

 

Source:  Clay County Auditor’s Office

 

 

Net Assessed Valuations

 

            The method of assessing real property in the State of Indiana was changed for payable year 2002 resulting in assessed values of approximately three times prior years’.

 

Year Payable

 

City of Brazil

 

Clay County

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 

$201,760,535

 

$926,614,675

2004

 

192,309,308

 

913,418,478

2003

 

192,750,160

 

919,941,319

2002

 

126,441,695

 

607,127,539

2001

 

40,725,392

 

195,183,390

2000

 

39,390,142

 

189,764,159

1999

 

38,674,325

 

188,064,172

 

Property Taxes Levied and Collected

City of Brazil

 

Collection Year

 

Levied

 

Current and Delinquent Collected

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 

 $      1,418,460

 

 $      1,394,872

 

98.3

2004

 

         1,304,786

 

         1,227,609

 

94.1

2003

 

         1,297,275

 

         1,237,365

 

95.4

2002

 

         1,106,796

 

         1,063,883

 

96.1

2001

 

         1,037,188

 

         1,011,878

 

97.6

2000

 

            978,279

 

            963,547

 

98.5

1999

 

            901,730

 

            870,075

 

96.5

 

 

Source:  Clay County Auditor’s Office

 

County Adjusted Gross Income Tax

1.25% of Indiana taxable income

 

 

Sales and Use Tax

6% tangible personal property except food and prescription drugs.

 

Individual Adjusted Gross Income

3.4% of earnings

$1,000 annual exemption allowed for taxpayer and each dependent.  Additional $1,500 annual exemption for dependents under the age of 18.

 

Excise Tax

Cigarettes - 55.5 cents per package

Gasoline – 18 cents per gallon

 

Automobile Tax

Excise in lieu of personal property tax based on initial retail price and age of vehicle.