ALTON — The New Hampshire Department of Revenue has set the 2011 property tax rate at $13.07 per $1,000 of assessed value, $0.86 or 7-percent higher than the 2010 rate of $12.21.
The tax commitment, or total amount to be raised by property taxes, increased by $561,363 from $18,105,413 to $18,666,776, a rise of 3-percent. The total assessed valuation fell by $55,549,480,or 3.7-percent, from $1,501,569,683 to $1,446,020,203.
The town portion of the tax rate increased by $0.16 to $3.52, the local school portion by $0.54 to $5.57, the state school portion by $0.13 to $2.54 and the county portion $0.03 to $1.44.
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