Hi Audrey,<br><br>There isn't a credit on the bill, just a lower tax rate because you live in Riverdale Park. There's a document on the county web site (for FY 2009, though FY 2010 is similar) at<br><br> <a href="http://www.co.pg.md.us/Government/AgencyIndex/OMB/proposed_budget_FY2010/Approvedpdfs/revenue.pdf" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.co.pg.md.us/Government/AgencyIndex/OMB/Proposed_Budget_FY2009/POBpdfs/revenue.pdf" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.co.pg.md.us/Government/AgencyIndex/OMB/Proposed_Budget_FY2009/POBpdfs/revenue.pdf</a><br>
<br>that has the tax rate by municipality, and also in the unincorporated areas (page 16 in the document). In Riverdale Park the *County* tax rate is $0.7680, in unincorporated areas it's $0.9600. So, your savings is $0.1920 (all rates are per $100 of assessed value). For a $300,000 house this would be a savings, compared to being in the unincorporated areas, of $576, assuming I've multiplied correctly. Of course, your Riverdale Park tax bill more than makes up for this savings, though in return you get services above and beyond those available to county residents (for instance, the Town has many, many more police officers on the street than would be available from the county if we didn't have a police force).<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Alan Thompson<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:06 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ABragg7393@aol.com" target="_blank">ABragg7393@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>Thank you Vernon for you input. I do have a question you can perhaps
answer:</div>
<div>On my tax bill I do not see a credit for "Municipal Tax Differential" which
is the credit we are supposed to get because we do pay for our own trash pickup
through the town. Is it in there somewhere and just not itemized? I
appreciate your involvement in this discussion. Thanks.</div>
<div>Audrey</div></font><br></div></blockquote></div>