FAQ Category: Tax Assessor

When are taxes due?

Taxes are due by February 1st. 1% interest is added each month after that until the 3rd week in August. The taxes go to tax sale on the last Monday in August of each year if they are not paid by then.

What is a Mill and how is it used?

A mill is one-thousandth of one dollar. Just as you would write
$1.00 for one dollar; and $.10 for a dime, or one-tenth of a dollar;
or $.01 for a penny, or one-hundredth of a dollar; you would write
.001, or one-thousandth of a dollar, for one (1) mill. When you hear
the expression 54.5 mills, that is the same thing as the factor .0545.

Property Types (Classes of Property for Taxes)

Mississippi law lists five categories of property that are taxed for ad
valorem purposes. Real property (land, buildings, and other permanent improvements to the land) is divided into the first two classes
of taxable property.

Can you explain Homestead Exemption

Homestead Exemptions
l Regular Homestead for Homeowners under Sixty-Five (65) Years of Age
Homeowners that are under sixty-five (65) years of age on January
1 of the year for which the exemption is claimed, and not totally
disabled shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes in the amount prescribed in MS Code §27-33-7. The amount of the exemption given
is determined by a sliding scale based upon the assessed value of
the property, which is capped at a maximum exemption of $300.
One-half (1/2) of the exemption allowed shall be from
taxes levied for school district purposes and one-half
shall be from taxies levied for the county general fund.