Town government · Benton County, IN

Boswell's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Boswell took in $1.4 million and spent $819 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)74%Town taxes18%State tax money7.2%County and local tax money0.4%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

74%

of Boswell's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Town taxes18%

Property tax
18%$261 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services74%

Fees for services
74%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 1 more
  • Water$739 thousand
  • Sewer$261 thousand
  • Garbage collection$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.2%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
7.2%$102 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$5 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.1%$2 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs54%Water, sewer, trash and utilities46%Roads, transit and parking0.4%

What stands out

54%

of Boswell's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
54%$442 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$393 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$48 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
46%$374 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and sewer systems
  • Water supply$238 thousand
  • Sewer systems$136 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.4%$3 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Boswell. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Boswell itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.