Town government · Androscoggin County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Leeds took in $7.0 million and spent $795 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes52%State tax money47%Fees for services0.2%

What stands out

47%

of Leeds' money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes52%

Property tax
52%$3.7 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$14 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money47%

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

From the state
47%$3.3 million

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Sent to other local governments32%Roads, transit and parking31%Running the government and other costs22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.9%Police, fire, courts and jails3.3%All other spending2.9%

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
32%$258 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$258 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
31%$249 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$249 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$176 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$139 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$18 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.9%$63 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$63 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.3%$26 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation and courts and legal services
  • Inspections and regulation$15 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.5%$20 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$20 thousand
Social services
0.4%$3 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Leeds. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Leeds 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.