The Lisbon Reporter

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

2017 Lisbon Tax Commitment

Taxes were committed on July 26, 2016 for the FY17 that begins on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017. The new milrate is $22.40 per $1,000 of assessed value. This is a decrease of $1.19 from the FY 16 milrate of $23.59.

Homeowners who have applied for a Homestead exemptions will see a $15,000 deduction from their assessed value. Also, all other exemptions will be at 100% due to the revaluation. All taxes are assessed as of April 1^st of each year and taxes are committed and bills will be sent to the property owner of record on that date. For those taxpayers who sold their property after April 1^st, they will need to provide the new owner a copy of the tax bill. Bills are scheduled to be mailed on Wednesday, August 3^rd.

SUBMITTED BY: MRS. DIANE BARNES, LISBON TOWN MANAGER