Reminder: business personal property taxes due Dec. 22

Business personal property taxes in Decatur are due in less than 30 days for 2014.  The taxes can be paid online at www.decaturgatax.com with an electronic check with zero convenience fees, or online by credit card with a convenience fee.  The taxes are based on returns filed by you or your agent with DeKalb County before April 1, 2014.  If you didn't file a value, DeKalb County determined a value for you.  Decatur takes that value, multiplies it by our 50 percent assessment ratio and our 2014 combined millage rate of 33.5 to arrive at your amount billed.  Revenues from the tax are distributed to the school system, the Downtown Development Authority, the city's capital improvement, bond, and general operating funds to provide quality services to the public.