Property taxes are climbing faster in Dane County and Madison than the rest of Wisconsin, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis of state tax data.
The countywide tax levy grew 5.7% to about $1.9 billion last year, with Madison’s portion of the total increasing 5.1% to $894 million.
Tax levies increased by 4.2% statewide last year, continuing a pattern in recent years of growing by a smaller rate than in Dane County and Madison.
A tax levy is how much has been approved to be collected, but actual collections owed can be lower due to tax credits. Property taxes are approved by a variety of government bodies within counties and cities, including school districts, county government, municipal government, technical colleges and special tax districts.
Within Madison, property taxes for the city contributed the sharpest increase last year, growing by 11% to $318 million. Taxes for the Madison Metropolitan School District grew the second most after the city, by 2.1% to $402 million.
Parts of the school district also overlap with the municipal boundaries of Fitchburg, Shorewood Hills, Maple Bluff and a few more communities in the county.
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