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Frederick County staff report modest uptick in personal property estimates after abatements adjusted
Summary
County staff told the Board of Supervisors the county’s conservative personal property (vehicle) tax estimate is $80.5 million for 2025 and $81.0 million for 2026, and that updated abatement and supplement counts reduced a previously reported net negative adjustment from about $3.4 million to $2.7 million.
County finance and revenue staff told the Frederick County Board of Supervisors on the 19th that updated calculations put the county’s conservative personal property tax (vehicle) estimate at $80.5 million for 2025 and $81.0 million for 2026.
The figures were presented by Bonnie, county staff responsible for personal property records, who said, “Our conservative numbers, we now have at 8, 80,500,000. And for, 2026, we have 81,000,000.” She told the board the numbers remain provisional while weekly Department of Motor Vehicles downloads continue and the official tax book is set to close in mid-April.
Why it matters: personal property collections are a material revenue source for county budgets and help set how…
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