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Erie County, PA Property Tax Information

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Sample Property Tax Report for a Erie County, PA property


Property taxes in Pennsylvania are levied and collected locally and fund local entities such as counties, municipalities and school districts.

Market Value

Market value has been defined by the State Supreme Court as "the price in a competitive market a purchaser, willing but not obligated to buy, would pay an owner, willing but not obligated to sell, taking into consideration all the legal uses to which the property can be adapted and might reasonably be applied".

Land value $18,800
Building value + $59,540
Market value = $78,340

Assessed Value

Assessment is the basis upon which taxing authorities tax a property. In Erie County a property's assessed value is calculated by multiplying the market value with the predetermined ratio which, for this county, is 100%. However, if the property's assessment value is appealed, the county's common level ratio may be applied instead: this reflects a comparison of the previous year's actual sale prices to the assessed value.

Assessed value = $78,340

Exemptions, Exclusions and Tax Relief Programs

Property tax relief programs, which may lower the property tax bill, are available in Pennsylvania, for example through homestead and farmstead exclusions or the Property Tax/Rent Rebate program.

Homestead exclusion Yes
Farmstead exclusion No

Property Tax

Property tax is calculated by multiplying the property's taxable value by all the tax rates applicable to it.
Current tax represents the amount the present owner pays including any exemptions.
Base tax is an estimate of what an owner NOT benefiting from any exemptions would pay.
Actual taxes might differ from the figures displayed here due to various deductions programs.

Tax Description Taxable Value Tax Rate Tax Amount
Erie County $78,340 x 6.050000‰ = $473.96
Union Township $78,340 x 1.200000‰ = $94.01
School Rate $78,340 x 12.520000‰ = $980.82
Current tax = $1,548.78

Base Tax $78,340 x 19.7700‰ = $1,548.78

For more information please visit Erie County's Assessment Office and Tax Claim Office or look up this property's current situation here.

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