Understanding Your Property Taxes

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The Duties And Responsibilities Of Fulton County Tax Offices.

The Tax Commissioner takes the appraised value and the exemption status provided by the Board of Tax Assessors, along with the millage rates set by the Board of Commissioners and other Governing Authorities, to calculate taxes for each property, and mails bills to owners at the addresses provided by the Board of Tax Assessors.

TAX ASSESSORS TAX COMMISSIONER
Maintain property ownership Create tax bill
Maintain property owner mailing address Collect tax
Assess valuation of property Distribute tax
Accept and process homestead exemptions
Accept and process property returns
Accept and process property assessment appeals
Compile the annual digest values

 

You can find out the property taxes for your property or properties in two ways:

  1. Search for a tax bill – This feature allows you to search for a tax bill or bills using a complete or partial parcel ID, account number, or physical address.
  2. Tax Summary request for multiple parcels – If you know the complete parcel IDs of the properties you are looking for, this feature provides an efficient way of looking up your Tax Bills and Detailed Tax Summaries.