Property Tax Rates by Major Taxing District

This is the fifth in a string of blog entries reporting the property tax rates for your pay-2009 property tax bill. That bill is expected to be finalized and mailed in October/November of this year. Below I report the total property tax rate by the largest size taxing districts in each Township as well as the excluded Cities. The previous rate for each is also reported for comparison (published in the Star on June 17, 2009). The rate is what you would owe, after deductions and credits, per one hundred dollars of assessed value.

Taxing District	pay-2009	pay-2008
Center Township (101)	3.3965	3.5490
Decatur Township (200)	7.0354	4.3067
Franklin Township (300)	3.9834	3.5790
Lawrence Township (400)	2.7210	2.7271
Perry Township (500)	3.0324	2.9933
Pike Township (600)	3.1395	2.8607
Warren Township (700)	3.1049	3.2983
Washington Township (800)	2.6739	2.3909
Washington Township (801)	3.3385	3.5055
Wayne Township (900)	4.0238	3.6931
Wayne Township (901)	3.3566	3.5191
Beech Grove (502)	5.8855	3.9345
Lawrence (407)	2.9372	2.9336
Speedway (914)	3.1338	3.0253

Property Tax Rates for School Districts

This is the second in a string of blog entries reporting the property tax rates for your pay-2009 property tax bill. That bill is expected to be finalized and mailed in October/November of this year. Below I report the total property tax rate for each school district in Marion County. The previous rate for each is also reported for comparison (published in the Star on June 17, 2009). The rate is what you would owe, after deductions and credits, per one hundred dollars of assessed value.

School District	pay-2009	pay-2008
IPS	1.5565	1.7668
Beech Grove	2.6162	1.8168
Decatur	5.2762	2.7544
Franklin	2.3324	2.1254
Lawrence	1.2647	1.4060
Perry	1.5871	1.5275
Pike	1.5941	1.5275
Warren	1.9870	1.9388
Washington	1.2606	1.1291
Wayne	2.0780	2.0346
Speedway	0.7466	1.1197

Now I know you are wondering 'How do I get the luxury of a school board as irresponsible as Decatur has?'. Well boys and girls, you must have a board that is handpicked by the Superintendent and attends regular and rigorous 'how to rubber stamp any outrageous expenditure of funds' seminars. While it is an option whether or not their sole interest is who is the best relative to make football coach, it can be an asset in keeping them quietly occupied in the corner while the important decisions are made out of earshot.