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When buying a home in the Reading Berks County Area. It’s important to know which regions or communities have the lowest taxes rates in Berks County. The lower the taxes the more buying power you will have while performing a home search .

Property Taxes in Berks County are calculated by multiplying the Property Assessment by the total mileage for the specific area the property is located. In example if you buying a home in Spring Ridge located in Spring Twp and the home is assessed at $120,000 you will multiply that rate by the total Mileage line ( 0.0332450 ) to equal the total annual tax of $3,989.40.

A Berks County home is billed twice per year for property taxes. The first bill is runs from a period of January 01, through December 31, of each year. The bill will include the taxes for the County of Berks, Township or Borough, and sometimes other taxes such as road tax or hydrant tax are also billed during this period. You will usually get this bill sometime in the beginning of February. If you pat this bill during March and April you get a 2% discount, otherwise the flat rate period is May June, after June there is a 10% Penalty. The bill will contain your parcel number, property description, name and mailing address. Additionally it will include your property assessment and the mileage for each tax category. The bills are payable to the tax collector for your community. The second larger tax bill is for the School tax. This tax period runs on a physical basis from July 01- June 30 of the following year. The bills are payable during the discount period in July-August, flat rate period in September-October and the Penalty Period November- December. This bill will contain the same property data, assessment and mileage as on the other tax bill. This bill is payable directly to the School district serving your home’s community.

The total tax Mileage at the writing of this blog in January 2011 for the city of Reading was 0.0377290 which is ranked # 56. Wyomissing total tax mileage was 0.386495. Wyomissing’s tax base is higher than Reading .

The following tax rating report below supplied by Sands & Company Real Estate addresses the question; which area of Berks County has the lowest taxes? Here are the areas of Berks County PA from the lowest to the highest tax rates as of January 2012

BERKS COUNTY MILEAGE is: 0.0069350

Top 10 Lowest tax districts in Berks County:

Adamstown ranked #1

Hereford ranked #2

Earl ranked #3

Douglass ranked #4

Washington ranked #5

Ruscombmanor ranked #6

Caernarvon ranked #7

Colebrookdale ranked #8

New Morgan ranked #9

N. Heidelberg ranked #10

Other notable areas of interest:

Spring Twp ranked 23 of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County

Mohnton ranked 31 Lowest out of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County.

Sinking Spring ranked 37 out of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County.

Cumru Twp ranked 39 out of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County

Shillington Boro ranked 40 out of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County

Maidencreek Twp is ranked 41 out of 75 lowest tax rates in Berks County

Bern Twp ranked 43 out of 75 lowest taxes in Berks County

Muhlenberg is ranked 53 out of 75 of the lowest taxes in Berks County

Reading is ranked 56 out of 75 of the lowest taxes in Berks County

Wyomissing is ranked 67 out of 75 of the lowest taxes in Berks County.

Exeter Twp is ranked 68 out of 75 of the lowest taxes in Berks County.

Are taxes something you think about when deciding which location you may decide to purchase a property? They Should Be!

If you find this report helpful, please let us know

Bill Sands and the Staff at Sands & Company Real Estate www.PaRealEstate.com