Audrain County Commissioners approved adopting tax rates for the 2025 year at a Sept. 3 meeting.
The meeting included a public hearing.
The general revenue fund of $0.2506, the …
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Audrain County Commissioners approved adopting tax rates for the 2025 year at a Sept. 3 meeting.
The meeting included a public hearing.
The general revenue fund of $0.2506, the special road and bridge fund of $0.3068 and the Common #1 Road District fund of $0.3500 were approved. Last year’s general fund tax rate was $0.2297.
Everyone gets charged the special road and bridge fund tax in Audrain County.
County Clerk Lisa Smith explained in an email that everyone will pay the $0.2506 for general revenue and the $0.3068 for special road. Then, depending on what road district people live in, they may pay an added levy that each road district has. Anyone in the Common Road district will pay general revenue, special road and Common Road.
“The only people who will only pay .3068 and no added levies are people who live in Special 13 Road District,” she said, noting that everyone inside city limits of Mexico is in Special 13.
The Common Road district is not a countywide tax, as it is just for people who live in that road district.
In discussing the difference between this year’s and last year’s general fund tax rates, Presiding Commissioner Alan Winders said the main difference in every year’s tax rate is assessed value, and in Audrain’s case, the rollback from sales tax.
“For most taxing entities, the main difference is always assessed value and Hancock application,” he said, explaining Hancock requires revenues from previous years to be figured on how the levy is established. Levies have to be approved by the state auditor’s office and they are capped, Winders said. As explained on the state auditor’s website, the Hancock Amendment is the 1980 amendment to the Missouri Constitution that restricts the amount by which fees and taxes can be increased and also limits the amount of personal income used to fund state government.
“So, the proposed tax rate winds up being slightly higher this year than it was last year, based on the calculations provided to us by the state - calculations which we have to fit into,” Winders said.
Winders said based on the rate setting, taxpayers should not see a great increase or decrease in taxes. Taxpayers’ assessed values come into play as to what they pay.
The county’s budget will not be considered for adoption until January.
