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Cobb County net digest rises 3.39%; presenter says floating homestead exemption saved example homeowner about $838
Summary
A county presenter told the meeting the Cobb County net digest grew 3.39% in 2025 and used an example home to show the county's floating homestead exemption kept the general fund share of a property tax bill steady, producing roughly $838 in savings compared with a bill without the exemption.
A staff presenter at a Cobb County meeting said the county's net digest grew by 3.39% in 2025 and highlighted the county's floating homestead exemption as a factor that limited growth in the general fund portion of homeowners' tax bills.
The presenter said, "I do wanna highlight the net digest. It has grown, and we have a net increase of 3.39%" and added that prior years had seen higher growth rates "as high as 8% or 10%" before slowing to about 3.39% in 2025.
The presen…
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