Assessment File

Creating a Tax Area

A Tax Area is a collection of Tax Districts for an area in the county. They ARE NOT just School Districts, they are much more than that. A Tax Area may have multiple Tax Districts, County, School District, Cities, Vo-tech and EMT.

To build a Tax Area user must

  • CREATE all Tax Districts in that Tax Area
  • CREATE all TIF Districts in that Tax Area
  • Finally, CREATE the Tax Area

Important things to keep in mind.

  • All cities/villages MUST be created in the District Table and entered into a Tax area, even if they don’t have a levy. So, when we look at a Tax District, we know what city it’s associated with. This is critical to have the Excise Board Report come out correctly.
  • If you have a TIF in your county, you MUST CREATE A TAX DISTRICT FOR THAT TIF (IT WILL HAVE A ZERO LEVY). It’s only in there to flag that Tax Area as one with a TIF.
  • PURGE the Tax District, Tax Area and TIF District Tables of deleted files before Tax Roll to make sure this is a clean file.

If a Tax District is being used in a Tax Area you will not be able to delete the district.

After creating all the Tax Districts, use the Levy Sheet to Create New Tax Area.

To view/edit/create the Tax Area Table, go to:
View – Tax Calculation – Tax Area Table

CREATE NEW TAX Area
FILL-IN Code, Reference, Description, Ad Reference
USE DROP-DOWN in Tax District Table and ADD all pertaining Districts
SAVE

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