Tax equity payments to the cities in Hall County shrank significantly in fiscal year 2012, and they want to know why. A tax inequity occurs when city residents pay property taxes to the county for services that are provided only in the county’s unincorporated areas. A 2004 study looked at whether taxes were being distributed fairly between the cities and the county and found three services cities provide separately from Hall.
Cities are seeing less tax money reimbursed from Hall
City, county officials to meet to discuss reduced payments
