Real Estate and Personal Property Tax


The Real Estate and Personal Property tax for the City of St. Peters is collected by the County Collector's office.  The current tax rate is $.77 per $100 assessed valuation.  The County Collector's office will mail out a statement in October and the tax bill is due by December 31.  If taxes are not paid on time, interest charges do accrue.  Assessed value is established by the St. Charles County Assessor's Office.  Residential property is assessed at 19% of market value, commercial property at 32% of market value, agricultural property at 12% of productivity value.  Personal Property is assessed at 33 1/3% of book value.  The total assessed value for the City of St. Peters for calendar year 2009 was $1,028,162,424.

 

2009 REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BY SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

Fort Zumwalt

Francis Howell

St. Charles

School District

        $4.5967

         $4.7291

         $4.5200

City

            .7700

             .7700

             .7700

Fire District

            .8399

             .8399

             .8399

Community College

            .2196

             .2196

             .2196

Road & Bridge Tax

            .2025

             .2025

             .2025

Library Tax

            .2064

             .2064

             .2064

Dev. Disability

            .1323

             .1323

             .1323

Ambulance Tax

            .1441

             .1441

             .1441

Dispatch & Alarm

            .0390

             .0390

             .0390

State Tax

            .0300

             .0300

             .0300

County Tax

            .0016

             .0016

             .0016

 

 

 

 

               Total Tax

        $7.1821

         $7.3145

         $7.1054

 

**There is a $.53 Sur Tax Applied to Real Estate Sub-Class 3, Commercial only.

***Tax rates are set in the fall for each year by each taxing district.

 

SALES TAX

 

The sales tax rate in St. Peters is 7.50%.  The breakdown on the tax is as follows:

 

City-General

City-Transportation

City-Parks & Stormwater

1.00%

0.50%

0.10%

County-General

County-Transportation

County-Operating

County-Cap Improvement

0.50%

0.50%

0.25%

0.20%

Children & Family Serv

0.125 %

Metro Parks Tax

0.10%

State

4.225%

 

 

FRANCHISE TAXES

 

A Franchise Tax of 5% is collected from the electric, gas, and cable companies doing business in the City of St. Peters.