Gordon County
Tax Rates

Real Property (ad valorem) Tax Rates

Jurisdiction	2004 Millage Rate	2005 Millage Rate	2006 Millage Rate	2007 Millage Rate	2008 Millage Rate	2009 Millage Rate	2010 Millage Rate	2011 Millage Rate
Gordon County Government	7.57	7.57	10.67	10.17	9.52	8.81	8.91	9.8
Gordon County School Board	16.85	16.584	16.30	16.30	17.5	15.26	15.61	19.22
City of Calhoun School Board	14.95	13.66	14.58	14.08	14.08	13.86	13.86	16.01
State Government	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
City of Calhoun	1.50	1.75	1.67	1.61	1.61	1.59	1.59	1.59
City of Fairmount	5.88	5.88	5.88	5.88	5.88	5.09	5.00	5.00
City of Plainville	6.94	6.94	6.94	6.94	6.94	6.94	6.94	6.94
Town of Resaca	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
City of Ranger	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Residents living in the unincorporated area of the county or the City of Ranger will have a 2011 millage rate of 29.27 mills. This is the total of Gordon County Government, Gordon County School Board, and State Government in the above table.

Residents living in the City of Calhoun will have a 2011 millage rate of 27.65 mills. This is the total of Gordon County Government, City of Calhoun School Board, State Government, and City of Calhoun in the above table.

Residents living in the City of Fairmount will have a 2011 millage rate of 34.27 mills. This is the total of Gordon County Government, Gordon County School Board, State Government, and City of Fairmount in the above table.

Residents living in the City of Plainville will have a 2011 millage rate of 36.21 mills. This is the total of Gordon County Government, Gordon County School Board, State Government, and City of Plainville in the above table. 

Residents living in the Town of Resaca will have a 2011 millage rate of 29.27 mills. This is the total of Gordon County Government, Gordon County School Board, State Government, and Town of Resaca in the above table.

How to Calculate a Millage Rate and the Property Taxes Owed

Once a resident has used the table above to calculate their 2011 millage rate on a piece of property, it is possible to estimate the property taxes owed. First, the millage rate must be divided by 1,000. For example, those residents living in the unincorporated areas of the county will take the 29.27 mills from the table above and divide it by 1,000 (or simply moving the decimal three places to the left) so that the millage rate is expressed as .02927.

To estimate the amount of property tax amount owed, simply multiply the assessed value of your property by the millage rate. In Georgia, property is assessed for taxes at 40% of the fair market value that is on file in the Tax Assessor’s Office. 

	2004 Taxes	2005 Taxes	2006 Taxes	2007 Taxes	2008 Taxes	2009 Taxes	2010 Taxes	2011 Taxes
100% Fair Market Value	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000	$100,000
Assessed Value (40% of Fair Market Value)	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000	$40,000
Millage Rate (unicorporated area)	0.02467	0.024404	0.02722	0.02672	0.02727	0.0243	0.0247	0.02927
Total Property Taxes Owed	$986.80	$976.16	$1,088.80	$1,068.80	$1,090.80	$972.00	$988.00	$1,170.80

 Sales Tax Rates

Gordon County has a 7% sales tax rate distributed as follows:

• 4% is allocated to the state.
  
  
• 1% is allocated to Gordon County’s Local Option Sales Tax (LOST). The county receives 69%, City of Calhoun receives 26%, the City of Fairmount receives 3.25%, and the City of Resaca receives 1.75% of the LOST.
  
  
• 1% is allocated to Gordon County’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for a new judical complex, fire station, courthouse repairs, road improvements, and city projects. The SPLOST was voter approved during Nov. 2005 and went into effect on April 1, 2006. The six year SPLOST collection period will end on March 31, 2012. The next SPLOST election is scheduled for Nov. 2011.
  
  
• 1% is allocated to Gordon County’s Board of Education SPLOST for school construction for both the county and city school systems. The SPLOST was voter approved during Sept. 2006 and went into effect on July 1, 2007. The five year SPLOST collection period will end on June 30, 2012.
  
  The voters approved the continuation of the ESPLOST on November 2, 2010 for an additional five years for school construction for both the county (66.6%) and city (33.4%) school systems for an estimated amount of $58M. The five year ESPLOST collection period will begin during July 2012 and end during June 2017.