My assessment has not changed, why have my property taxes increased?
  • There are three major factors that determine your tax bill:
  • Assessed value (determined by our office)
  • Rollback (determined by the Iowa Department of Revenue)
  • Levy rate (determined by local taxing bodies)
  • Example of a very simplified version:

$200,000

(assessed value based on market value)

x 0.60

(rollback based on valuation changes throughout Iowa)

$120,000

(taxable value)

x 0.04000

(levy based on budgets of school, county, city, assessor, etc)

$4,800

(tax bill)


The rollback is the same for all properties of that class throughout the state

The taxable value is the value that your taxes are based on

The levy rate is a combination of the tax asking’s of the school, county, city or township, community college, assessor, and other entities whose area your property is located.

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1. My assessment has not changed, why have my property taxes increased?
2. What does my property tax pay for?
3. How does the Assessor determine the value of my property?
4. What is classification?
5. How does the Assessor determine Market Value?
6. How often is my property reassessed?
7. What do I do if I disagree with the assessed value of my property?
8. How do I appeal my assessment?
9. How is the Assessor appointed?