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Coppell Notice About 2020 Tax Rates
This notice concerns the 2020 property tax rates for City of Coppell. This notice provides information about two tax rates.
This notice concerns the 2020 property tax rates for City of Coppell. This notice provides information about two tax rates. The no-new-revenue tax rate would impose the same amount of taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in bothyears. The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate a taxing unit can adopt without holding an election. In each case, these rates are calculated by dividing the total amount of taxes by the current taxable value with adjustments asrequired by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.
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| This year's no-new-revenue tax rate: | $0.638729 |
| This year's voter-approval tax rate: | $0.654106 |
To see the full calculations, please visit www.dallascounty.org for a copy of the Tax Rate Calculation Worksheets.
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Unencumbered Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will be left in the taxing unit's accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by corresponding debt obligation.
| Type of Fund | Balance |
| Maintenance & Operations Interest & Sinking | $69,217,896 $956,788 |
Current Year Debt Service
The unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes. These amounts will be paid from upcoming property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if applicable).
| Description of Debt | Principal or Contract Payment to be Paid from Property Taxes | Interest to be Paid from Property Taxes | Other Amounts to be Paid | Total Payment |
| 2011 Certificates of Obligation | $415,000 | $213,819 | $0 | $628,819 |
| 2011 GO Refunding Bonds | $660,000 | $170,468 | $0 | $830,468 |
| 2013 Certificates of Obligation | $385,000 | $304,062.50 | $0 | $689,062.50 |
| 2013 GO Refunding Bonds | $810,000 | $154,750 | $0 | $964,750 |
| 2015 GO Refunding Bonds | $1,860,000 | $466,950 | $0 | $2,326,950 |
| 2016 Certificates of Obligation | $440,000 | $303,950 | $0 | $743,950 |
| 2016 GO Refunding Bonds | $450,000 | $71,550 | $0 | $521,550 |
| 2018 Certificates of Obligation | $565,000 | $663,962.50 | $0 | $1,228,962.50 |
| 2020 Certificates of Obligation | $780,000 | $546,000 | $0 | $1,326,000 |
| Total required for 2020 debt service | 9,270,512 |
| - Amount (if any) paid from funds listed in unencumbered funds | 166 |
| - Amount (if any) paid from other resources | 70,000 |
| - Excess collections last year | 397,486 |
| = Total to be paid from taxes in 2020 | 8,802,860 |
| collect only 100.94% of its taxes in 2020 | -81,976 |
| =Total debt levy | 8,720,883 |
This notice contains a summary of the no-new-revenue and voter-approval calculations as certified by John R.Ames, Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector on August 3, 2020.
This press release was produced by City of Coppell. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
