Tax Rates
Taxing Districts
Taxing districts are geographic areas of the county in which property taxes are levied at the same rate. Each of the incorporated cities in Sumter County is a taxing district.
In an unincorporated area of the county, the millage levy includes the rates levied by the Sumter County Commission, the Sumter County School Board, South West Florida Water Management District and the Withlacoochee River Basin.
Inside each city, the millage levy includes these same rates, plus the millage rate levied by that respective City Commission. For example, a property in the City of Bushnell would pay taxes based on the millages levied by adding the the Total for County to the City of Bushnell amount.
| CERTIFIED 2023 MILLAGE BY TAXING AUTHORITY | |
| Sumter County | 5.190 |
| Public Schools | 4.987 |
| Water Board | 0.2043 |
| TOTAL for County | 10.3813 |
| If your parcel is located within one of the following Municipalities, you must add the Mill Rate as provided below to the County Millage prior to calculating your taxes | |
| City of Bushnell (6006) | 3.5692 |
| City of Center Hill (7007) | 4.1000 |
| City of Coleman (3003) | 3.4037 |
| City of Webster (8008) | 8.0000 |
| City of Wildwood (2002) | 2.8287 |
Millage Rates
Taxing authorities levy annual taxes on the taxable property in their jurisdictions. The rate at which a taxing authority levies tax is usually expressed in mils. One mil represents a rate of .001, and can be confusing if millage is confused with millage rate. The easiest way to think of millage is in “dollars per thousand”; that is, a rate of one mil is equal to one dollar of tax for each 1000 dollars of taxable value. The following example may be helpful.
If a taxing authority levies 10 mils on $1000 of taxable value… *The millage levy would be expressed as 10 mils *The millage rate would be expressed as .010 (.001 x 10) *The amount of tax would be calculated as $1000 x .010 = $10.00 *10 mils generates $10 of tax for each $1000 of taxable value.
Millage rates are set each year during the budget hearings held by each of the taxing authorities. Two public hearings are held each year, usually July through September, at which time budgets and tax rates are set. The meetings are advertised and are open to the public.