MILL RATE

The payable tax per dollar of assessed value of a property. The mill rate is based on mills; for every mill is one-thousandth of a currency unit. In other words, one mill is equal to one-tenth of a cent or $0.001. Property tax (in dollars) is computed by multiplying the assessed property value to the mill rate; then dividing it by 1,000. As a property may be subject to tax by various authorities, mill rates are determined by every taxing authority to meet the revenue postulations in their budgets.