The following data are for the town of Paragon (Paragon is required to produce a balanced budget) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009:

Budgeted town expenditures: $15,000,000.00

Estimated non-property tax revenues: $11,000,000.00

Appraised value of property: $200,000,000.00

Total exemptions for the elderly: $8,000,000.00 (---Do you deduct that from the tax revenues??)

Assessment ratio: 60%

The Johnson family has property with an appraised value of $90,000.00. The family is not entitled to any exemptions. Calculate their 2009 property tax bill.

Their 2009 property tax bill is $_____________.

Suppose that properties in Paragon are not reassessed for tax year 2010, but new construction increases the total appraised value of the town’s taxable property by 2 percent. Furthermore, assume that non-property tax revenue is estimated to be $10 million for the FY ending 2010 (i.e., $1,000,000 lower than FY09) and that budgeted expenditures are estimated to $16,000,000.00.

The property tax bill that the Johnson family would face in 2010 is $____________.