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Posted March 20, 2025
Posted by Auditor
Iowa state law requires county auditors to mail a statement to county taxpayers by March 20 with state-specified information related to proposed local government budgets and proposed property tax rates. (Iowa Code 24.2A)
The information is for taxes payable in September 2025 and March 2026. You should receive a statement if you expect to receive a property tax bill in September 2025.
The statement is not a property tax bill. It includes data for proposed city, school district, and county budgets but does not include proposed budgets for smaller taxing authorities, such as the community college, assessor’s office, townships, and agricultural extension service.
The purpose of the statement is to provide taxpayers with information about the proposed city, school district and county budgets in time for the taxpayers to address the proposals at public hearings held before the budgets are approved. The date, time, and location of the hearings are included in the statements. The budgets may be lowered after the hearings but not raised.
Included on the statement is the impact of the proposed city, school, and county property tax rates on both a $100,000 residential property and $300,000 commercial property. The actual impact of the tax rates on your property could be quite different than the examples in the statement, which do not factor any possible change in the assessed value. If your property value was recently reassessed to a higher amount, the example on the statement will not accurately reflect the effect of your valuation increase on your property taxes.
Taxpayers owning more than one property may receive multiple letters if those properties are in different tax districts.
Additional information regarding the budget statement will be made available online at https://dom.iowa.gov/property-taxes on or after March 20, 2025.
Questions about the public hearing scheduled for April 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM, or the proposed property taxation should be directed to the school district, county, or city contact information included on the budget statement. Further details can be found on the County's website at https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/auditor/finance/.
About the Pottawattamie County Auditor's Office
The Pottawattamie County Auditor is responsible for preparing and certifying tax levies and maintaining financial records. The Auditor's Office acts as Commissioner of Elections, keeps real estate transfer records, and serves as clerk to the Board of Supervisors. To learn more, visit https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/auditor
