Town government · Dane County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Dane took in $676 thousand and spent $518 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes46%State tax money32%County and local tax money11%Federal tax money8.1%Fines and other2.7%Fees for services (transit fares, garbage collection)1.3%

What stands out

11%

of Dane's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes46%

Property tax
43%$292 thousand
Other taxes
2.4%$16 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.3%

Fees for services
1.3%$9 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; transit fares and 1 more
  • Other service charges$4 thousand
  • Transit fares$4 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.1%

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

From the federal government
8.1%$55 thousand

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$214 thousand

County and local tax money11%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
11%$72 thousand

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.7%$18 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking56%Running the government and other costs15%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.9%Interest on debt3.7%All other spending2.3%

What stands out

7.9%

of Dane's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
56%$291 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$291 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$80 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$33 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$29 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$9 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$75 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$61 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$14 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.9%$41 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$41 thousand
Interest on debt
3.7%$19 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.1%$11 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$11 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Dane. 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 Dane 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.