Tax Structure


54% - Highways
12% - Public Safety/Public Works
1% - Recreation
18% - All Other Expenditures
12% - General Government

Residents of Somerset Township pay the following taxes:

1/2% - Earned income Tax
$5.00 - Per Capita Tax
1/2% - Real Estate Transfer Tax
1.61 Mills - Real Estate Tax

In addition to the 1.61 mills of Real Estate Tax paid to Somerset Township, residents also pay 5.28 mills to Somerset County and 23.4 mills to the Somerset Area School District.  The total Real Estate Tax is 114 mills. However out of every dollar of Real Estate Tax your pay .06 comes to Somerset Township.  The School District receives .75, and Somerset County receives .19.

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