Due to changes made during the 2025 state Legislature, the tax impacts of the adopted budget will be different for individual residential properties. The implementation of graduated tax rates changed the taxable value for most properties, so some property owners will pay less in County taxes, while others could pay more.
Residents whose homes qualify as their primary residence can use the following equations to calculate the estimated taxes they will owe to Missoula County. Residents can find the taxable value for their property by searching for it online.
Residents who live outside City of Missoula limits
Taxable value x 0.26055 = estimated County taxes
Example: $6,000 x 0.26055 = $1,563.30 in total County taxes
Example: $6,000 x 0.21282 = $1,276.92 in total County taxes
This is the estimated total in taxes paid only to Missoula County; residents’ tax bills will also include taxes owed to other jurisdictions, such as the City of Missoula and school districts. City and county residents will pay different amounts because property owners are taxed differently depending on where their property is located.
All Missoula County property owners, including those who live within Missoula city limits, pay countywide taxes. In addition to countywide taxes, property owners outside Missoula city limits pay county-only taxes, rather than city taxes. To see a breakdown of all County taxes by fund, visit missoula.co/taxes.
Expected revenue from property taxes to fund the proposed 2027 budget is $86.6 million. Total revenue, which includes funding from non-property tax sources, is $228.5 million. This is a $6.2 million increase in total county tax revenue over last year and mainly covers the increase to the County’s base budget needed for cost-of-living increases to employee wages and healthcare costs. Under state law, the commissioners could have levied $1.85 million more in property taxes but declined to.
In addition to the base budget, the commissioners approved new requests to improve services and operations. The bulk of these are one-time requests that will be paid for with a projected $1.97 million the County will receive from the City of Missoula’s Tax Increment Finance remittance. Funding these one-time requests will not impact future property tax bills.
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