How to estimate your Real Estate Tax

 The formula to estimate your tax is:        

MARKET VALUE x 60% = ASSESSED VALUE

            ASSESSED VALUE x LEVY RATE = TAX 
 

Example of Class II (Owner-occupied) for City of Fairmont:

            $60,000 x 60% = $36,000 Assessed Value

            $36,000 x 1.4914% (Class II Levy Rate for City of Fairmont) = $536.90 TAX
 

If you are entitled to Homestead Exemption, you subtract $20,000 from the Assessed Value:

            $36,000 - $20,000 (Homestead Exemption) = $16,000 Assessed Value

            $16,000 x 1.4914 % = $238.62