Township government · Potter County, PA

Sylvania Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sylvania Township took in $66 thousand and spent $77 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money64%Township taxes30%Federal tax money6.1%

What stands out

64%

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

Township taxes30%

Other taxes
12%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$6 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
11%$7 thousand
Individual income tax
7.6%$5 thousand

Federal tax money6.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
6.1%$4 thousand

State tax money64%

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

From the state
64%$42 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking66%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Interest on debt1.3%

What stands out

14%

of Sylvania Township's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
66%$51 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$51 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$14 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$4 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1 thousand
  • Government buildings$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$11 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$9 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$2 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sylvania Township. 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 Sylvania Township 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.