Chattooga County has once again been fined for an insufficient tax digest.  It is not the first time the county’s tax digest has failed to pass muster with the Georgia Department of Revenue.

The tax digest is based on numbers compiled by the Chattooga County Tax Assessors Office and submitted to the tax commissioner.   The Chattooga County Board of Assessors is appointed by the county commissioner.

This year’s tax digest was conditionally approved by the state Department of Revenue, but failed to meet the 40% threshold required.  The letter to county stated, “The overall average assessment level of the assessments determined by the board of tax assessors for the 2020 digest is 36.97%…”

The county is being fined $5 per parcel for failure to reach the 40% assessment threshold.

Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton told WZQZ News, “I don’t really have anything to say about the letter until I learn more.  I do want people to understand that our operations are not affected and that tax bills are still due December 1st.”

The county is being fined $68,600.