No, Failure to receive a tax bill does not relieve you of the responsibility to make payment by the due date. Please contact our office or visit our website for updated tax information.

Yes, CLICK HERE to make your payment. ** You may pay your current year taxes between mid September and mid November. If you are paying after this deadline, please contact our office for payoff. Payment methods accepted are: American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa. A convenience fee is charged by the payment processor.

Yes, Property Tax information is available on our website at pay.acworth.org.

Our property tax digest is completed by the Cobb County Tax Assessor's Office and the Cobb County Tax Commissioner's Office. Our tax bills are generated from this information after we receive the digest, usually by mid September each year as follows: Fair Market Value of Property (as determined by the Cobb County Assessor's Office) $100,000 multiplied by 40% (which is what GA Dept of Rev says we are able to tax) equals $40,000 of Assessed Value. Exemptions are then removed from the assessed value such READ MORE

The millage rate for City taxes is 8.95 mills.

Taxpayer Reassessment Relief Act (Floating Homestead Exemption), This exemption is automatically granted to anyone that has applied for and been granted the Homestead Exemption with Cobb County.  The amount of this exemption equals the balance of increase in assessed value of your home at the time homestead exemption was granted. There must be an application on file for regular homestead with Cobb County. Over 62 Exemption - Homeowners who are 62 years of age on or before January 1, and whose annual NET income does READ MORE

There are homestead exemptions available to homeowners that complete and file the required applications by April 1st of the tax year (O.C.G.A 48-5-40 through 48-5-54). To be eligible for application you must own, occupy, and claim your property as your legal residence on January 1st. Only one person need apply if more than one name appears on the deed. The exemptions are automatically renewed each year unless there is a change in ownership or you no longer meet the eligibility requirements.

Taxes are generated and mailed to the owner of record on January 1st of the tax year according to Georgia law (O.C.G.A. 48-5-18). If you get a tax bill for property that you sold, please forward it to the new owner as quickly as possible. You may also return the bill to us with the new owner's name and address and we will gladly update our records and forward the bill to the new owner. If you purchased the property after January 1, a property READ MORE

Tax bills are mailed to the taxpayer because property taxes are the taxpayers responsibility. Mortgages change so frequently that we find it more convenient to the taxpayer to send the bills directly to them. We do send statements to mortgage companies if the company name and mailing address are provided to us. We ask that you forward your tax statement to your mortgage company for payment if your statement does not indicate that we have already mailed a statement to your (correct) mortgage company. We READ MORE

Taxes are billed at the end of each year for the period of January 1 - December 31. These bills are generated as of January 1. What generally happens at a closing is a transaction between the buyer and seller for the seller's portion of estimated taxes that will become due at the end of the year. In this instance, taxes are collected from the seller and paid to the buyer by reducing the proceeds paid to the seller at closing. Taxes are not paid READ MORE