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Columbia County M&O millage yields about $524 on $300,000 home; lower than neighboring counties
Summary
A county presentation compared the maintenance-and-operations (M&O) millage rates and estimated county-only tax bills for a $300,000 home in Columbia, Richmond, McDuffie and Lincoln counties, using the state's 40% taxable value rule.
A county presentation compared Columbia County's maintenance-and-operations (M&O) millage rate to neighboring counties and estimated the county-government portion of the tax bill for a $300,000 home.
Under the state's 40% taxable value rule, the presentation calculated a taxable value of $120,000 for a $300,000 home and applied county M&O millage rates to produce the following approximate county-only tax bills: Columbia County (M&O 4.36) about $524; Richmond County (M&O 6.277) about $754; McDuffie County (M&O 7.809) about $937; and Lincoln County (M&O 7.885) about $946.
The presentation noted these figures cover only the county maintenance-and-operations portion of property tax and do not include school taxes, city taxes, special districts such as fire service, or sales tax credits that may apply in some locations. The presenter described the numbers as a benchmark to show how Columbia County's M&O rate compares with nearby counties.
The comparison used the state's 40% taxable value rule for the calculation; no additional assumptions or dates were provided in the presentation. The county did not present additional breakdowns of other tax components (school, city, or special districts) or example savings from sales tax credits during the segment documented here.
