Local government millage rates in Georgia fluctuate in 2014

Like most years, some city and county property tax rates in Georgia are going up, some are holding steady, and some are decreasing.  There doesn’t seem to be a pattern.  Here’s a rundown of some of this year’s property tax changes in north Georgia and other major jurisdictions in the state:

Increases

Fulton County (17 percent)

Cobb County (1.5 percent)

Clayton County (2 percent)

Catoosa County (11 percent)

Walker County (15 percent)

Decreases

Cobb County School District

Polk County School Board

Cherokee County

Floyd County

Chatham County

Brookhaven

Steady

DeKalb County

Gwinnett County (no millage change but exceeds rollback rate)

Macon-Bibb County and the Bibb school board

Savannah

Dunwoody

Duluth

Suwanee

Decatur’s school millage rate is decreasing in 2014 while the City’s non-school millage rates are staying constant.