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Tax Millage Rates


Millage Rates

Rates for Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, including special taxing district rates and St. Tammany Parish are provided to you for ease in budgeting for your property tax bill.

Computing your property tax is easy.  If you file and qualify for the $75,000 homestead exemption, your taxes will be lower than without the exemption. Only one exemption per person or married couple and exemption is designed for the home the owner lives in, not for investment property.

For Example:  Sales Price of Home     $  100,000
                         Less: Exemption         __(75,000)
                                                                 25,000
                         Taxable portion           ____
10%_
                                                                   2,500
 
                         Parish  Millage rate    X  ____________ ( see rates below for parish)  

Some residents must also pay a city tax so compute this amount and also add it to the Parish rate.  

                       Jefferson Parish, Assessor's Office 504-362-4100:
Jefferson Parish 2007 rates:
Gretna .06423 Parish tax + .04823 City tax,   call 367-5591 for more info
Gretna unicorporated .10797
Harvey ( area 30)  .11368
Harvey ( area 40) .11648
Marrero   .11648
Westwego  .06423 Parish + .02693 City,    for more info call 341-3424
Nine Mile Point and Bridge City .12495
Avondale and Waggaman .13409
Lafitte .10841
Grand Isle .09827 Parish + .01209 for City, more info call 787-3196
Jefferson, Old Metairie, Metairie  .11139
Ward 91 of Metairie, small part of Kenner and River Ridge .10638
Kenner .06725 Parish tax + .02434 City tax, call 468-7200 for more info
Harahan Ward 93 - .06809 Parish + .01476 City

Homes are reassessed every 4 years and done by June 30 of that year.  In October  the parish budget is updated with actual costs and a revision to the end of the year,  the costs are divided into the assess values the mileage rate is determined.  Bills are mailed in November each year and are payable by December 31st.  Late payments are subject to fines. Jefferson residents pay their property taxes at the end of the year which is the opposite of Orleans Parish Residents .

Orleans Parish Tax Rates for 2008
Orleans Parish-Property Taxes 504-658-1360  2008 tax bills are mailed and due on January 31 at the beginning of the tax year.  Orleans parish assesses a seperate police and fire tax that must be paid regardless of the value of the house.  This year that amount is $ 78.53. This is in addition to the mileage rate that is applied to the non-exempted value of the property.  In addition some homes fall in either Special Taxing Districts or Flat Fee Districts and if your home falls into these areas, then that is an additional tax you must add to the 2 fees above.

The millage rate on the assessed value is:
East Bank Residents  .12920 + flat fee of $ 78.53 + special and flat fee districts ( see below)
West Bank Residents   .12883 + flat fee of $ 78.53 + special and flat fee districts ( below)

Special Taxing Districts in Orleans Parish
Downtown Development District  .01476
N.O. Regional Business Park    .02085
Garden District Security District .01162
Touro Bouligny  .00780

Flat Fee Districts in Orleans Parish
Lakeview Crime Prevention $100.00
Spring Lake Subdivision Improvement  $ 200.00
Lake Carmet  $ 250.00
Audubon Area Security $ 325.00
Lake Terrace Crime Prevention $ 300.00
Lake Forest Estates  $ 385.00
Huntington Park $ 175.00
Upper Hurstville Security $385.00
Lakewood Crime Prevention $ 450.00
Lakeshore Crime Prevention $ 360.00
Kenilworth Improvement $ 200.00
Lake Oaks Subdivision $ 350.00

St. Tammany Parish rates for 2007-2008 are as follows:
Covington  .10932 Parish + .02081 City
Mandeville, including Golden Shores .14592 parish + .01764 city
Abita Springs, .15320 Parish + .01686 City
Ward 4,disrict 12 including Lewisburg .14739
Ward 4, Tax distric 08 Country Club & Riverwood .14739
Rural areas of Ward 3, district 7 .13396
Rural areas of Ward 10 disctric 16 .15320

 

Assessor's Office Phone Numbers:
St. Bernard Assessor's Office 504-279-6379

Plaquemines Parish Assessor's Office 985-333-4331

St. Charles Parish Assessor's Office 985-783-6281

Washington Parish Assessor's Office: 985-839-7815

Tangipahoa Parish Assessor's Office 985-748-7181
      Kentwood, Amite, Roseland, Hammond, Independence, Tickfaw, Ponchatroula 

Livingston Parish Assessor's Office 225-686-7278


The above contains assessments that should be verified by calling each parish assessors office and they may have changed rates when this was published. For exact amounts assessed on a specific location, we recommend making a call to the assessor's office for that parish.

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