Schuylkill County Plans to Tax Properties at 100% of Assessed Value After Reassessment Takes Effect

When the new property assessment values take effect at the beginning of next year, Schuylkill County will likely tax them at 100% of their assessed value.

On Wednesday, Schuylkill County Commissioners voted unanimously to allow the Solicitor’s Office to advertise an ordinance that would make the change. The County currently assesses properties at 50% of their assessed value.

While this may seem as though the County will be taking more in property taxes, the mandate that next year’s budget must be revenue neutral means that the new millage rate – factoring in the tax at 100% of a property’s assessed value – will be half of what it would have been if the County kept taxing at 50% of assessed value.

For instance, the estimated new millage rate for County property taxes in 2026 – assuming properties will be taxed at 100% of their assessed value – will be 3.848. If the County were to maintain taxing properties at 50% of their assessed value, the millage after the reassessment would be approximately 7.697.

“It just keeps the millage lower, so it’s all relative,” Commissioners Chairman Larry Padora told The Canary.

Once the ordinance is advertised as a Public Notice, the Commissioners are likely to approve it within a month.

If and when this ordinance passes, school boards and municipalities will also tax properties at 100% of their assessed value.

Currently, property owners can request informal reviews of their Preliminary Value Notification. While informal reviews are not the place to debate their new assessed value, it can be a chance to correct data that was collected on a property that could affect the assessed value.

Final reassessment value notices will be sent on July 1. Soon after that, the County will begin hosting assessment appeals, when the new values can be debated. Property owners are reminded that if they do have evidence that their property isn’t valued at what assessors say, they should present it at their appeals hearing.

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