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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Courtland took in $561 thousand and spent $542 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes56%Fees for services (water, garbage collection)20%State tax money16%Fines and other8.2%

What stands out

14%

of Courtland's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 2.5%.

Town taxes56%

Property tax
35%$194 thousand
Other taxes
14%$80 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; motor vehicle licenses and 2 more
  • Other licenses$52 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$17 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
7.3%$41 thousand

Fees for services20%

Fees for services
20%$112 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater and garbage collection
  • Water$95 thousand
  • Garbage collection$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$88 thousand

Fines and other8.2%

Interest, rents and other
6.8%$38 thousand
Fines
1.4%$8 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs48%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Health and hospitals1.5%Parks, recreation and libraries0.7%Environment and natural resources0.4%

What stands out

48%

of Courtland'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
48%$258 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$181 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$55 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$21 thousand
  • Government buildings$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$149 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$149 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$121 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$85 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$36 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.5%$8 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.4%$2 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Courtland. 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 Courtland 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.