Comparison of taxes

Locality Estimated
Ad Valorem
Property tax rate		 Sales tax rate Utility User Tax
El Dorado County 1.0683% 7.25% 0
Sacramento County 1.0382% 7.75%
(county adds 0.5%
 to state rate)		 2.5%
(county tax) 
City of Placerville 1.0263% 7.5%
 (city adds 0.25%
to county rate)		 0
City of Citrus Heights 1.0313% 7.75% 5%
(city adds 2.5%
 to county  tax)
City of Rancho Cordova % 7.75% 2.5%
City of Folsom 1.07% 7.75% 2.5%
Additional cities listed in CFA as Recently Incorporated or Comparably Sized
and their counties
Locality Estimated
Ad Valorem
Property tax rate		 Sales tax rate Utility User Tax
Contra Costa County 1.25% 8.25%
(county adds 1.0%
to state rate)		 0
Orange County 1.0712% 7.75%
(county adds 0.5%
to state rate)		 0
Placer County 1.0434% (*) 7.25% 0
Santa Barbara County 1.07654% 7.75%
(county adds 0.5%
to state rate)		 0
Sutter County % 7.25% 0
Yolo County 1.0056% (*) 7.25% 0
City of Aliso Viejo 1.219% 7.75%
(Orange)		 0
City of Goleta % 7.75%
(Santa Barbara)		 0
City of Oakley 1.0564% (**) 8.25%
(Contra Costa)
City of Rancho Santa Margarita % 7.75%
(Orange)		 0
City of Rocklin % 7.25%
(Placer)		 0
City of West Sacramento % 7.75%
(city adds 0.5%
to county tax)
(Yolo)		 0
Yuba City % 7.25%
(Sutter)		 0

Property tax rates are limited by California law to 1% plus the amount necessary to fund local voter-approved bond indebtedness.

(*) indicates an estimate formed by using a property tax rate for a city within the county in question. This is for a county whose data are not currently available on the web in Kosmont survey results.

(**) indicates an estimate formed by using the mean of all other cities in the same county. This is for a city whose data are not currently available on the web in Kosmont survey results.

Property tax for cities other than Oakley in Contra Costa County:    (all at 8.25% sales tax, 0 UUT)
    Antioch     1.0105%
    Concord   1.0961%
    Pittsburg   1.0938%
    Pleasant Hill   1.0065%      1% telephone UUT, 0 on electric, gas, water
    Richmond   1.1669%          10% UUT on all utilities except 0 on water
    San Pablo   1.0%                 8% UUT on all utilities except 0 on water
    San Ramon  1.0106%
    Walnut Creek 1.0663%
    Mean = 1.0563375%



Sales tax detail table:  Tax rate added by county to state rate, or tax rate added by city to county rate

Mean sales tax increment for counties:  0.3125%
Mean sales tax increment for cities:     0.068%

Locality Sales tax rate increment Utility User tax rate increment
El Dorado County 0 0
Sacramento County 0.5% 2.5%
Orange County 0.5% 0
Santa Barbara County 0.5% 0
Contra Costa County 1.0%
Placer County 0 0
Yolo County 0 0
Sutter County 0 0
City of Placerville 0.25% 0
City of Citrus Heights 0 2.5%
City of Rancho Cordova 0 0
City of Folsom 0 0
Additional cities listed in CFA as Recently Incorporated or Comparably Sized
City of Aliso Viejo 0
 0
City of Goleta 0
 0
City of Oakley 0
City of Rancho Santa Margarita 0 0
City of Rocklin 0 0
City of West Sacramento 0.5% 0
Yuba City 0 0


Notes

Property taxes

California law (Proposition 13) limits property tax rates to 1% of assessed value throughout the state. Additional details of Prop 13 and Prop 8 define limits which can require the property tax rate to be lower than 1% of assessed value.

Additional local assessments are collected with property taxes. In most cases Proposition 218 requires that the local assessments cannot be increased without a vote of the people in an election. Tax Rate Areas listed by the El Dorado County Assessor's office are:

Type of assessment district Localities assessed
Airport Cameron Park
Cemetary Happy Homestead, Kelsey
City Placerville, South Lake Tahoe
Community Facilities Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities
Community College Lake Tahoe, Los Rios, Sierra
Community Service Arroyo Vista
Audubon Hills
Cameron Estates
Cameron Park
Cameron Park C&D
Connie Lane
Cosumnes River
East China Hill
El Dorado Hills
Garden Valley Ranch Estates
Golden West
Greenstone Country
Grizzly Flats
Hickock Road
Hillwood
Holiday Lakes
Knolls & Property Owners
Lakeview
Marble Mountain
Mortara Circle
Nashville Trail
Rising Hill Road
Shadow Lane
Showcase Ranches
ierra Oaks,
Springfield Meadows
West El Largo
County Service Area No 02,
Area No 02 Zone A - Arrowbee Ranch
Area No 02 Zone B - Hidden Lakes Est.
Area No 03
Area No 03 Zone 01 (Ambulance)
Area No 03 Zone 02 (South Shore snow removal)
Area No 03 Zone 03 (Recreation)
Area No 03 Zone 04 (Soil erosion)
Area No 03 Zone 05
Area No 03, City of SLT Snow Removal
Area No 03, West shore snow removal
Area No 03, Zone 93 -- Cascade drainage
Area No 05 Tahoma-Tahoe Cedars Area
Area No 07
Area No 09
Area No 09, Mother Lode Recreation Tax
Area No 09, Zone 02, Ryan Ranch
Area No 09, Zone 03, Georgetown Cemetary
Area No 09, Zone 07
Area No 09, Zone 09, Sundance Trail
Area No 09, Zone 11, Holly Drive
Area No 09, Zone 12, Texas Hill
Area No 09, Zone 13, Oak Leaf Circle
Area No 09, Zone 14, Fernwood-Cothrin
Area No 09, Zone 15, Carlson Drive
Area No 09, Zone 17, Ponderosa Rec
Area No 09, Zone 18, Pollock Pines/Camino Rec
Area No 09, Zone 19, Gold Trail Rec
Area No 09, Zone 21, East El Largo
Area No 09, Zone 22, Gilmore Vista
Area No 09, Zone 23, Tenga Road
Area No 09, Zone 24, Walnut Drive
Area No 09, Zone 25, Meadowview Acres
Area No 09, Zone 26, Dolly Varden Lane



From http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/assessor/links.html
(Links on El Dorado County Assessor's Office web site; also see the assessor's home page for more local info.)

LINKS TO PROPERTY TAX RELATED WEBSITES

Board of Equalization of California

-- BOE - Withholding Tax on Sale of Real Property

-- BOE - Listing of County Assessors

-- BOE - Property Taxes Department

-- California Property Tax(PDF)
    an Overview State Board of Equalization Pamphlet #29

Ca. Assessor's Assoc

League of California Cities

California State Association of Counties (CSAC)

INDEX TO CALIFORNIA PROPERTY TAX LAW(PDF)
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CALIFORNIA LAWS, CODES & STATUTES
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OFFICIAL CALFORNIA LEGISLATIVE HOMEPAGE
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