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Silver Cliff's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Silver Cliff took in $604 thousand and spent $1.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money52%Town taxes28%Fines and other11%County and local tax money8.4%Fees for services (garbage collection)0.7%

What stands out

52%

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

Town taxes28%

Property tax
28%$168 thousand
Other taxes
0.5%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.7%

Fees for services
0.7%$4 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; other government-run businesses and 1 more
  • Other service charges$2 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money52%

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

From the state
52%$312 thousand

County and local tax money8.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
8.4%$51 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$66 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking80%Running the government and other costs8.2%Police, fire, courts and jails6.4%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.3%Parks, recreation and libraries0.9%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

80%

of Silver Cliff's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 53%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
80%$849 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$849 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.2%$87 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$42 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$25 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$14 thousand
  • Government buildings$5 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.4%$68 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$62 thousand
  • Police$4 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$2 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.3%$46 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$46 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$10 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$10 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$5 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$5 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Silver Cliff. 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 Silver Cliff 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.