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Millage rates determine how much property tax you pay in Cobb County. State law also requires public hearings in certain cases before those rates can be adopted.
What is a millage rate?
A millage rate is the tax rate applied to your property’s assessed value. One mill equals $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value.
For example, if your home’s assessed value is $200,000 and the total millage rate is 30 mills, your base property tax would be about $6,000 before exemptions…