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CONCORD – Taxpayers in Cabarrus County can now easily find out how and where their tax dollars are being used based on the value of their property using a new online app.
Implemented by the county’s budget and information technology (ITS) departments, the app helps gain a detailed understanding of how an individual’s taxes are used throughout county operations.
Two separate overviews are available: one breaks down the user’s total tax liability by function, the other by department. Users can switch between the two sections in the app.
Figures include only Cabarrus County property taxes; fire or municipal taxes are not included.
How the app works
Visit cabarruscounty.us/TaxBillExplainer or click the Tax Bill Explainer tile on the Cabarruscounty.us homepage. From there, choose which version you want to explore (by overall function or by department). On the main screen, enter the home value (or search for it directly in the app) to get an unofficial “receipt” of how the county is using the funds.
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Where the money goes
For example, the owner of a home valued at $356,350 (the median assessed value of a single-family home) would have to pay a tax bill of $2,052.58 to the county.
Broken down by function, the app shows that $695.05 of that total goes to education, while $425.31 goes to public safety. Contributions to the Community Investment Fund ($314.34), Human Services ($264.54) and General Government ($242.76) round out the top five amounts listed in the breakdown.
Broken down by department, the app provides a more detailed insight into these key functions.
Information buttons throughout the website provide access to descriptions of individual items. Users can also easily access the online budget book for more details.
The app pulls information from fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) data. Cabarrus County Commissioners approved the fiscal year 2025 budget in June, and the new fiscal year began July 1. The budget set the tax rate at 57.6 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Learn more about the budget
Learn about the county’s FY25 budget process at https://engage.cabarruscounty.us/budget2025.
Budget Manager Rosh Khatri and Budget Analyst Yesenia Pineda introduced the new tax bill breakdown app to the county commissioners during the Aug. 5 work session. Pineda also provides a step-by-step demonstration in a video that can be found via the Tax Bill Explainer tile on the website or directly at https://youtu.be/LPSMyW7JMTw.
