WHAT IS A MILL LEVY?

MILL LEVY

A MILL is 1/10 of $.01 or $.001 (one thousandth). A mill levy is the number of dollars a taxpayer must pay for every $1000 of assessed value.  The taxing entitiy determines the amount of dollars, based on its budget request to the County Commissioners.  The property in the previous example was for a property located within the city limits of Rock Springs.  In this example, the 70.000 mills may be broken down as follows:

TAXING ENTITY MILL LEVY

Mill levies are listed on a seperate page on this web site, for more detail please refer to Mill Levies below.  There are many entities that have taxing authority in Sweetwater County.  These entities annually submit for a levy from the Board of County Commissioners.  The requested mills are based on a proposed budget (projected revenues and expenditures) of the entity and what it needs in tax dollars to adequately fund the services it provides to its taxpayers.

Prior Mill Levies