Auditor Finance

Pottawattamie County Auditor's Office Mailing to Outline Local Government Budgets and Tax Rates

Pottawattamie County, Iowa – A recent law change requires county auditors to mail a statement to 
county taxpayers by March 20 with state-specified information related to proposed local government 
budgets and proposed property tax rates. (Iowa Code 24.2A)

The information is for taxes payable in September 2024 and March 2025. You should receive a 
statement if you expect to receive a property tax bill in September.

The statement is not a property tax bill. It includes data for proposed city, school district and 
county budgets but does not include proposed budgets for smaller taxing authorities, such as the 
community college, assessor’s office, townships, and agricultural extension service.

The purpose of the statement is to provide taxpayers with information about the proposed city, 
school district and county budgets in time for the taxpayers to address the proposals at public 
hearings held before the budgets are approved. The date, time and location of the hearings are 
included in the statements. The budgets may be lowered after the hearings but not raised.

Included on the statement is the impact of the proposed city, school, and county property tax rates 
on both a $100,000 residential property and $100,000 commercial property. The actual impact of the 
tax rates on your property could be quite different than the examples in the statement, which do 
not factor any possible change in the assessed value. If your property value was recently 
reassessed to a higher amount, the example on the statement will not accurately reflect the effect 
of your valuation increase on your property taxes.

Taxpayers owning more than one property may receive multiple letters if those properties are in 
different tax districts.

Additional information regarding the budget statement will be made available online at 
Dom.iowa.gov/property-taxes on or after March 20, 2024.

Questions about the public hearing or the proposed property taxation should be directed to the 
school district, county or city contact information included on the budget statement.

 

Taxes

Levy Rates

Budget

Proposed Property Tax Levy

Proposed Pottawattamie County Budget

Adopted Pottawattamie County Budget

Accounts Payable

Tax Credits

Payroll

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