Calculating New Orleans Area Property Taxes and Finding Your 2010 Millage Rate
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Calculating Your Parish Property Tax
Some facts to get started:
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Property taxes in Louisiana are levied on 10% of the sales price (assessed value) of a residential property.
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The amount of your tax will depend on your millage rate. The millage rate varies from parish to parish and from city to city. We have included the millage rates for Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany below. To find the millage rate for other parishes and municipalities, please call your local assessor.
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Louisiana law allows for homeowners to claim a Homestead Exemption (that part that is exempt from tax) on the first $75,000 of taxable value, or $7500.00.
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Only 1 Homestead Exemption may be claimed per person or married couple.
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The Homestead Exemption applies to parish taxes only and does not apply to city taxes or extra fees. If you live in a municipality that assesses it's own property tax, you will need to caluculate this separately and add it to the parish tax due to come up with a total.
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In Orleans Parish, the city government is co-extensive to the boundaries of the parish, so there is no separate parish and city tax. Even so, all properties in New Orleans pay a police and fire millage based on the first $7500 in value, regardless of their exempt status.
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Property taxes are paid in arrears (taxes due at the end of the year for the previous year) except for Orleans Parish where residents prepay their property tax for the upcoming year.
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Residential properties are reassessed every 4 years to reflect changes in values.
Calculating your property tax is easy!
Sales Price x 10% = Assessed Value
Assessed Value - Homestead Exemption = Taxable Value
Taxable Value x Millage Rate = Total Taxes Due
Use the following example for the City of New Orleans:
$100,000.00 (Fair Market Value Land and Improvements)
x 10.0% (Assessment Level for Residential Property)
$10,000.00 (Assessed Value)
-7,500.00 (Maximum Homestead Exemption)
2,500.00 (Taxable Value)
x .13984 (New Orleans Millage Rate)
$349.60 (New Orleans Taxes Due)
$7,500.00
x .00919 (Police and Fire Millage)
$68.93 (New Orleans Police and Fire Tax Due)
$349.60 (City of New Orleans Tax)
+ 68.93 (Police and Fire Millage)
$418.53 (TOTAL TAXES DUE)
New Orleans Area Millage Rates*
Orleans Parish - 2010
ERROL G. WILLIAMS, ORLEANS PARISH ASSESSOR
City Hall, Room 4E01
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
| Assessor Office | 504-658-1300 |
Jefferson Parish - 2009
LAWRENCE E. CHAHARDY, JEFFERSON PARISH ASSESSOR200 Derbigny Street
Gretna, LA 70053
Assessor Office: (504) 362-4100 / (504) 736-6370
Gretna, City of (area 10); Millage = .06255 Parish and .04398 City, City of Gretna 363-1555
Gretna unicorporated (area 20) Millage = .10246 Parish
Harvey ( area 30) Millage = .10694 Parish
Harvey ( area 40) Millage = .10737 Parish
Marrero (areas 41, 42, & 43) Millages = .10737
Westwego, City of (area 44) .06255 Parish and .02423 City, City of Westwego 341-3424
Nine Mile Point and Bridge City (area 45) Millage = .10814
Avondale and Waggaman (area 50) Millage = .10814
Lafitte (area 60) Millage = .10343
Grand Isle, City of (area 61) Millages = .10031 Parish and .01223 City, City of Grand Isle 787-3196
Jefferson, Old Metairie, Metairie (areas 70, 81 & 82) Millages = .10270
Metairie, Parts of Kenner and River Ridge (area 91) Millage = .10638
Kenner, City of (area 92) .06446 Parish tax and .01813 City, City of Kenner 468-7200
Harahan, City of (area 93) Millages =- .06515 Parish + .01581 City
St. Tammany Parish - 2009
PATRICIA SCHWARZ CORE, ST. TAMMANY PARISH ASSESSOR
701 N. Columbia Street
Covington, LA 70433
Assessor Office: (985) 809-8180
Covington, City of (area 3-06) Millages = .10715 Parish and .02304 City
Mandeville, including Golden Shores (area 4-14) Millages = .14316 Parish and .01600 City
Abita Springs, City of (area 10-15) Millages = .15125 Parish and .01586 City
Rural, Country Club and Riverwood (area 4-8) Millages = .14467
Rural Including Lewisburg (area 4-12) Millage = .14467
Rural (areas 3-7) Millage = .14467
Rural (areas 10-16) Millage = .15125
Other Area Assessors:
For millage rates in other areas, please call your local assessor.
Ascension Parish Assessor's Office (225) 473-9239
East Baton Rouge Assessor's Office (225) 389-3920
Livingston Parish Assessor's Office (225)-686-7278
Lafourche Parish Assessor's Office (985)-447-7242
Plaquemines Parish Assessor's Office (985)-333-4331
St. Bernard Assessor's Office (504)-279-6379
St. Charles Parish Assessor's Office (985)-783-6281
St. Helena Parish Assessor's Office (225) 222-4131
St. James Parish Assessor's Office (225) 562-2251
St. John the Baptist Assessor's Office (985) 652-5311
Tangipahoa Parish Assessor's Office (985)-748-7181
Terrebonne Parish Assessor's Office (985) 876-6620
Washington Parish Assessor's Office: (985)-839-7815
West Baton Rouge Assessor's Office: (225) 355-6777
*Millage Rate and Taxing District Information Courtesy of Winter's Title
