UPSON BOC SETS 2015 TENATIVE TAX MILLAGE RATE

AT  A  CALLED  MEETING,  THURSDAY,  THE  UPSON  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS    SET  THE  TENATIVE  TAX   MILLAGE  RATE  AT    18.76 MILLS,  SAME  AS  LAST  YEAR.

THE  THREE  MILLAGE  RATES  INCLUDE;  GENERAL  TAX  AT   9.76 MILLS,  UNINCORPORATED  COUNTY  TAX 2.72  MILLS  AND  JOINT  PROJECTS  TAX,  6.28  MILLS.

COUNTY  MANAGER  JIM  WHEELESS  SAID  UNLESS  PROPERTY  VALUES  WERE  RAISED,  TAX  PAYERS  SHOULD  NOT  SEE  AN  INCREASE  IN  THEIR  TAX  BILL.

THE   COUNTY  TAX  DIGEST  CONTINUES  TO  ERODE,  DOWN   $30  MILLION  OVER  LAST  YEAR,  A  DROP  OF  OVER   5%. UPSON  COUNTY  TAX  COMMISSIONER BERRY  COOK  SAID  THE  STATE  DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE  HAS  GRANTED  AN  EXTENSION ON  SUBMITTING  THE  TAX  DIGEST,  BASED  ON  REVALUATION OF RURAL  LAND  BY  THE  TAX  ASSESSORS  OFFICE.  IT  MEANS  TAX  BILLS  WILL  GO  OUT  LATER  THAN  THE  USUAL  NOVEMBER  15TH.