The "Simple" Levy Process

1. The levy process has two players, taxpayers and tax districts. 

2. We need one important piece of information about each player = the value of the taxpayer's property and the budget of the taxing district.

3. Take the amount of money needed by the district (for their budget) and divide by the value of all the taxpayers' parcels in the district.

4. This equals the tax rate for the district. 

5. Each taxpayer then pays taxes on the value of their parcels times the tax rate for the district.  The taxes are collected and given to the district and the process done.

Taxpayers and the value of their parcels

Taxing Districts and the budgets that they need 

Shannon Lewis
Program Specialist/Levies
360-337-7094

Maxine Schoales
Assessment Admin Supervisor
360-337-4511