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FY 2026 Budget Hearings

FY25 APPROVED BUDGET (6.18.24)

Taxes

  • NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE (8.6.24)

     

    The Richmond County School Board has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 13.84 percent.

     

    All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on the tax increase to be held at the County’s Board of Education building, 864 Broad Street, Augusta, GA on August 20, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. and immediately following the 6:00 PM Regular Board Meeting.

     

    A time and place of an additional hearing on this tax increase will be held at the County’s Board of Education building, 864 Broad Street, Augusta, GA on August 27, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. 

     

    This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 18.33 mills, an increase of 2.228 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 16.102 mills.

     

    The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $200,000 is approximately $167.10 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $250,000 is approximately $222.80.

Contacts

  • Bobby A. Smith, CPA

    Chief Financial Officer

      

    Jeanice Barrett 

    Executive Administrative Assistant

    706.826.1114

      

    Cecilia Perkins

    Business Services Administrative Assistant (Bids)

    Phone: 706.826.1298

                                         
     
     
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SPLOST

  • The citizens of Richmond County voted for a Special Local Option Sales Tax to support the school system in three major areas: textbooks, transportation, and technology.  Phase 5 of the SPLOST was voted on and approved by the tax payers for the period of July 1, 2017 thru June 30, 2022. An oversight committee was formed to oversee the spending of these funds.
     
    The citizens of Richmond County voted for a Special Local Option Sales Tax to support the school system in three major areas: textbooks, transportation, and technology.  Phase 6 of the SPLOST was voted on and approved by the tax payers for the period of July 1, 2022 thru June 30, 2027. An oversight committee was formed to oversee the spending of these funds.
     
    See the Citizen's Oversight Pay-As-You-Go Committee for more information.