CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

(1988 State Equalized Value and 1998 Taxable Value in millions of dollars)

Iosco County	--------------1988--------------			--------------1998--------------			Personal Property 1988-1998
Municipalities	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Dollar Change	Percent Change
Alabaster Twp	$17.409	$2.503	14.4%	$34.441	$4.264	12.4%	$1.761	70.4%
Au Sable Charter Twp	$34.570	$2.184	6.3%	$62.870	$6.181	9.8%	$3.997	183.0%
Baldwin Twp	$35.584	$3.935	11.1%	$70.361	$8.610	12.2%	$4.676	118.8%
Burleigh Twp	$9.480	$0.267	2.8%	$14.438	$0.816	5.7%	$0.549	205.9%
East Tawas City	$32.444	$1.964	6.1%	$52.569	$2.390	4.5%	$0.426	21.7%
Grant Twp	$22.361	$2.275	10.2%	$43.100	$2.930	6.8%	$0.656	28.8%
Oscoda Charter Twp	$100.768	$5.766	5.7%	$175.233	$16.571	9.5%	$10.806	187.4%
Plainfield Twp	$57.154	$2.085	3.6%	$117.864	$3.851	3.3%	$1.766	84.7%
Reno Twp	$9.268	$0.708	7.6%	$14.079	$1.460	10.4%	$0.752	106.1%
Sherman Twp	$8.423	$1.398	16.6%	$12.197	$2.194	18.0%	$0.796	57.0%
Tawas City	$24.386	$2.057	8.4%	$37.699	$4.402	11.7%	$2.345	114.0%
Tawas Twp	$15.667	$0.719	4.6%	$27.705	$1.493	5.4%	$0.774	107.7%
Whittemore City	$2.978	$0.143	4.8%	$3.391	$0.267	7.9%	$0.124	86.6%
Wilber Twp	$11.759	$0.502	4.3%	$18.643	$0.641	3.4%	$0.139	27.7%
Totals	$382.251	$26.504	6.9%	$684.589	$56.071	8.2%	$29.566	111.6%

9 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 5 decreased.