Property Tax Calculator to Estimate Taxes around the Atlanta area
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Calculated from tax bills where millage rates are broken down and various homestead exemptions are applied to the proper portions of the millage rate, HOST credits taken into account, sanitation fees and stormwater fees included.

To get an estimate on property taxes, enter the price of the home and then click the "Click to Calculate  Taxes" button.   Don't take this as what you will actually pay.  Use it to compare various areas.  It's going to depend on what the tax assessor appraises your home for and the homestead exemptions that you qualify for.

The calculation used in this spreadsheet is as follows: 40% of the price of the home less the standard homestead exemption amount. Then divide that by 1000 and multiply it by the millage rate. Millage rates and exemption amounts as per sources that are linked to.  As of November 2011. There's also a column showing how much it is without the homestead exemption.  This is how much it would be if you were a landlord and renting it out.

DeKalb County has a special HOST (homestead optional sales tax) where they collect a 1% sales tax and at the end of the year they have to use at least 80% of that for additional homestead exemption credits.  This makes the calculation a little tricky but I did adjust for it.  This HOST credit is used on the county portion but not on the school or city portion. 

Be careful when you check the county websites for the property taxes.  Some local cities bill the city taxes separately from the county.  For example, Gwinnett County includes the local city taxes in their bills but they don't do it for Buford, Duluth, Norcross or Suwanee.  This calculator is the total for both city and county and also includes sanitation and stormwater fees.  It's as close to the final tax bill that you'll receive as I could make it.  To be exact, you should just call up the specific taxing authority and have them.

!!!! If you got a great deal on a home, taxes next year will be based on that new purchase price.  SB 346 is effective as of January 1, 2011. Here's a blog post I did on it.

48-5-2.... the transaction amount of the most recent arm's length, bona fide sale in any year shall be the maximum allowable fair market value for the next taxable year.

 

(Please verify all results yourself. Call the county tax assessor to double check. )

 

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Metro Atlanta County Property Tax Comparison

City Total Millage Rate Estimated Tax with Standard Homestead Exemptions Estimated Tax with No Exemptions
Unincorporated 29.235 $ $
Canton 34.186 $ $
Woodstock 33.398

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Unincorporated 30.26 $ $
Acworth 37.86 $ $
Kennesaw 39.76 $ $
Marietta (city limits) 31.50 $ $
Powder Springs 38.76 $ $
Smyrna 36.19 $ $
Austell 30.32 $ $
Unincorporated 44.44 $ $
Atlanta 46.08 $ $
Chamblee 44.87 $ $
Decatur 44.79 $ $
Doraville 46.36 $ $
Lithonia 54.295 $ $
Stone Mountain 51.96 $ $
Avondale 50.127 $ $
Clarkston 52.82 $ $
Dunwoody 40.79 $ $
Pine Lake 58.97 $ $
Unincorporated 26.624 $ $
Cumming 26.624 $ $
Unincorporated 38.272 $ $
Sandy Springs 34.034 $ $
John's Creek 33.917 $ $
Milton 34.034 $ $
Alpharetta 35.053 $ $
Atlanta 44.435 $ $
College Park 40.86 $ $
Roswell 34.758 $ $
East Point 43.05 $ $
Unincorporated 33.82 $ $
Berkley Lake 39.20 $ $
Buford 26.37 $ $
Duluth 39.81 $ $
Lawrenceville 35.98 $ $
Norcross 40.24 $ $
Snellville 39.52 $ $
Suwanee 39.47 $ $
Dacula 38.94 $ $
Grayson 36.32 $ $
Lilburn 38.08 $ $
Sugar Hill 37.62 $ $

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DeKalb County HOST explanation

Sample Bill for Dunwoody showing HOST calculation