Southeast Missouri / Lead Belt / Mississippi Corridor
Perry County tax bills carry more than one local entity
Perry County's collector explains why one property-tax bill can include county, city, school, library, and health-center money.
A Perryville tax bill can carry more layers than the county name on top. Perry County’s collector takes in current and delinquent property taxes for the county and for local groups that have property-tax levies.
After the money comes in, the collector sends it to the right places: schools, the library, the health center, and other tax groups. City taxes also run through the county bill and are shown as “City of XX.”
So one county statement can be a stack of local bills, not one simple charge. The collector is still the payment and receipt desk. A question about a line on the bill may belong with the school, city, library, health center, or other group behind that line.
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Where this fits: this note belongs to Perry County. See every local note for the county on its page.