Last year, voters approved a referendum on House Bill 581, which establishes a new statewide floating homestead tax exemption ...

The DeKalb County Commission is weighing opting out of a statewide floating homestead exemption established in House Bill 581 ...

The DeKalb County Tax Commissioner’s office, located at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur, will have extended hours for property ...

Chief Mirtha Ramos, the first female and longest-serving DeKalb County police chief in more than 20 years, has reportedly ...

The DeKalb County Council Wednesday discussed proposed property tax legislation that council president Dave Yarde warned could have a serious impact on DeKalb County.

DeKalb County governing authority is the latest body to announce its intent to opt out of the statewide adjusted base ...

DeKalb County officials put it another way ... not to opt out of the homestead exemption. Hodnett said his property taxes have “more than doubled” over the past seven years.

The DeKalb County Council Wednesday granted a tax abatement request from a rural St. Joe company that produces thermally modified wood.

The County School Facility Occupation Tax would raise sales taxes but would not lower property taxes. The current maximum sales tax rate in DeKalb County is 8.25%. A majority of school boards in ...