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Old 08-27-2023, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by PeteF View Post
Just started to look at the proposed new tax rates that Sumter County sent out. All in all they seem painfully reasonable (some are even reduced - yeah!).

There is one exception, the proposed taxes by the Local School Board (I believe it would be Wildwood) are proposed to increase by more than 20% ... that seems like a huge increase in one year.

Does anyone know if there is there a specific reason for this large of an increase in a one year period of time?
Not sure what numbers you're looking at, but on my TRIM notice, the school rate went from 4.584 to 4.987, which is an 8.8% increase.