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ExecutiveSummary:StudyoftheMetropolitanAreaFiscalDisparitiesProgram <br />FortheMinnesotaDepartmentofRevenue <br />reflectstheamountoftaxespaidwithineachgroupto alltaxingjurisdictions,includingcity,county, <br />9 <br />schools,state,andanyapplicablespecialdistricts.Theassumptionregardingthetaxespaidwith{C5 <br />9Œz’z“·;7xisthatthereis nochangeinthelevyamount.Inreality,ajurisdictionislikelytoadjustthe <br />levy,particularlyinlocalitiesthatwouldseeasignificantincreaseintaxratesasaresultofeliminationof <br />theprogram. <br />ResultsbyCounty <br />Resultsarefirstpresentedgroupedbycountyfor taxespaid andthenimplicationstotaxratesifthe <br />FiscalDisparitiesProgramwereeliminated.AlldollarsareshowninthousandsforTaxesPayable2011. <br />Intotal,HennepinCountywouldseethelargestpercentagedecrease(at2.6percent)andAnokaCounty <br />wouldseethelargestincrease(at5.6percent)iftheprogramwereeliminated.Thebodyofthereport <br />providesdetailontheimpacttoresidentialhomesteadandcommercial/industrialpropertiesseparately. <br />Figure16.TotalTaxesPaidwithandwithouttheFiscalDisparitiesProgrambyCounty:2011 <br />TOTALTOTAL <br />TaxesPayable2011(in$1,000s)Increase/Decrease <br />CountyNameCurrentTaxesTaxeswithFDEliminatedWithoutFD <br />Anoka$443,720$468,665 5.6% <br />Carver$159,383$160,6060.8% <br />Dakota$597,704$598,6300.2% <br />Hennepin$2,535,884$2,470,867 2.6% <br />Ramsey$802,964$834,1113.9% <br />Scott$204,666$208,6692.0% <br />Washington$357,293$358,9930.5% <br />GrandTotal$5,101,614$5,100,5410.0% <br />Source:MNDept.ofRevenuedata. <br />Implicationsto taxrates iftheFiscalDisparitiesProgramwereeliminatedareevaluatedaswelland <br />groupedbycounty.AllratesareweightedaveragesforeachCountyforTaxesPayable2011.Therates <br />shownunderthe{bšC5|scenarioassumesthesameamountoflocallevyasunderthe{/Ò©©;“·[Þ| <br />scenario.Alsoshownforcomparisonpurposesisthe2011FiscalDisparitiesareawiderate,thetax <br />rate <br />appliedtothepooledcommercial/industrialpropertytaxcapacity. <br />Acomputermodelwasusedtoestimate2011propertytaxeswithandwithoutthefiscaldisparitiesprogramfor <br />9 <br />eachmunicipality.Forthissimulation,specialtaxingdistricttaxeswerespreadcountywide,sospecialdistrictrates <br />donotmatchactualratesforeachmunicipality. <br />18 <br /> <br />