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SEDA, 2011 (Effective tax rate for City of Savannah, 2010; Average wages are not adjusted for inflation)

Real & Personal Property Tax Rates (2011)

Millage Rates for Property Taxes in Chatham County

  Savannah Pooler Port
Wentworth 		Garden
City 		Bloomingdale Thunderbolt Tybee
Island 		Vernonburg Unincorporated
City Millage 12.5 4.635 4.397 0 0 6.377 4.186 0 0
County Millage 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169 11.169
School Millage 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631 14.631
Special District Millage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.590
Transit District 0.859 0 0.859* 0.859* 0 0 0 0 0.859
TOTAL MILLAGE 39.409 30.685 30.447 26.050 26.050 33.286 30.236 26.050 30.499
Assessment Ratio (%) 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
Effective Rate per $1000 $15.76 $12.27 $12.18 $10.42 $10.42 $13.31 $12.09 $10.42 $12.20
* only in some areas of municipality, not included in effective rate except for Unincorporated
Chatham County and City of Savannah, Individual Municipalities 2011

State Property Tax Effective Rate per $1000

State Property Tax Effective Rate per $1000  
Real Property 0.25
Personal Property (machinery/equipment)  
SEDA, October 2011

Subject to Personal Property Tax

Subject to Personal Property Tax  
Production Machinery & Equipment No
Non Production Machinery & Equipment Yes
Pollution Control No
Raw Materials No
Work in Progress No
Finished Goods No
Applicable to Warehousing Out of state shipments
Applicable to Manufacturing yes
Goods Stored in a Public Warehouse Only if being shipped outside the county as a final destinaton
Office Furniture-Fixtures Yes
Computer Equipment For specific high tech industries
Workstations Yes
Telephones Yes
Furniture Yes
Company Vehicles No
Standard Software Yes
Custom Software No
SEDA