Payment of county taxes is due by Dec. 31. Taxpayers failing to submit payment to the collector’s office at the courthouse either in person or by mail postmarked Dec. 31 or earlier will face penalties beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
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Letters of notification were mailed to Daviess County taxpayers during November. Explanations to help taxpayers understand statements and how real estate and personal property are taxed were cited in these letters of notification, to help taxpayers avoid confusion and late penalties. Any questions or errors must be brought to the attention of the assessor’s office at 660.663.3300 before any payment is made. The collector has no authority to make any changes without the assessor’s intervention.
Tax revenue is disbursed to various entities in the county to finance local services at approved rates called levies. A levy is applied for each $100 of assessed valuation. Tax levies can change by election vote or levy adjustments may legally occur for a variety of authorized reasons.
Usually taxpayers are aware of the tax levies applied to the property they own to determine taxes owed but may or may not know what tax levies exist elsewhere in Daviess County. The following lists tax levies applied throughout the county for 2017-18. This table of Daviess County levies was prepared by the Daviess County Assessor’s Office.
To summarize, there are 61 taxing entities in Daviess County. By comparing the tax levy for 2017 to that for 2018, there were 38 levies that increased (most only slightly), 19 levies that were unchanged, and 4 levies that decreased. It may also be interesting to note the following totals:
2017 2018
Total County Assessed Valuation $135,304,263 $137,886,393
Total Taxes Assessed $8.301 million $8.669 million
(Total taxes assessed is for real estate and personal property only. The total excludes utilities i.e railroads, electric companies for track and lines.)