Is Property tax 1 percent charged on the value of a home?

Property tax is based on one dollar per thousand on the value of a piece of property. It is called a millage rate. If your property is worth a thousand dollars and the government announces a millage rate of 1 then you pay a dollar in taxes. Usually it is more. Sometimes the School board will have a millage rate of 7, the city 4, the county 5, and others 6, so that makes the millage rate a total of 22. That means you pay $22 on your $1,000 piece of property. If your house is worth 100,000 your tax is 2,200. Check your millage rate.