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What does Tax rate mean?
The rate applied to taxable assessed value to calculate property tax for a jurisdiction.
Exam cue: Read whether the rate is stated as a decimal, percentage, dollars per thousand or mills.
What does it look like in a question?
New York example
A $25 rate per $1,000 applied to $200,000 taxable value produces $5,000.
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What should you not confuse it with?
Tax rate is not the same as equalization rate.
Related taxes and assessments terms
Assessed valueThe value placed on real property for property-tax administration.Assessment rollThe official municipal record listing parcels, assessed values, exemptions and related assessment information.Equalization rateNew York State's measure of a municipality's overall level of assessment, calculated from total assessed value and total market value.ExemptionA law-based reduction or removal of qualifying property value from specified property taxation.Tax levyThe total amount a taxing jurisdiction determines it must raise through property taxes.Tax lienA charge against property for unpaid property taxes.
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