By Michelle Ye Hee Lee | The Arizona Republic
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors adopted a tentative 2014 budget that is $82.4 million leaner than this year’s and will reduce the property taxes the average homeowner pays to the county.
The board on Monday voted unanimously to keep the county property-tax rate flat. As a result, taxpayers whose homes were assessed at the median value of $102,000 in February should be charged nearly $14 less in the county-controlled portion of their next property-tax bill.
That portion amounts to 12 percent of their total property-tax tab, and it will not necessarily decrease a taxpayer’s overall tax bill. There are nearly 1,500 municipalities and other tax jurisdictions that also impose property taxes. A combination of those jurisdictions’ taxes comprise the average property-tax bill.
School districts make up about 56 percent of an average tax bill, the largest portion, according to Maricopa County breakdowns.
