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  • Brandon Budget Tax Estimator

    FY26 Town Budget Proposal to be voted March 4, 2025

  • Bottom Line Up Front: +1.39%

    The portion of your FY26 property tax set by the Town of Brandon ("Town Tax") is proposed to increase 1.39% (see "Scope" statement at bottom of this Estimator).

  • Instruction:

    Enter ONE FIGURE in the first box below. DO NOT PRESS RETURN OR ENTER. Just scroll down to see the Estimator's results based on the Assessed Value you enter. This form does not have a Submit function and no response is recorded.

  • Year-Over-Year and Department-by-Department

    The results below break down your estimated property tax contribution, net of each department's non-tax revenue, to Town services for the current budget year (FY25) and compares it to the proposed budget year (FY26). The % given is that department's share of the total Town portion of the tax bill for that year. Results returned for each year are in Dollars.

  • Scope (about ⅓ of the total property tax bill):

  • Composition of the property tax bill:

    • Town:  31% of the total (this Estimator is for the TOWN tax only)
    • School:  63% of the total (voted March 5 on school ballot)
    • Fire District:  3.5% of the total (voted January 13 from the floor)
    • Appropriations: 2.5% of the total (voted as articles on the March 5th Town ballot, after the officers and Town budget and selectboard article).

    This Estimator is offered by the town management team, town clerk and treasurer, and selectboard, to inform voters regarding the portion of the property tax bill attributable to the Town of Brandon.

    This Estimator is limited in scope to the Town operating budget, the selectboard's single appropriation ("article") request (in FY25, $85,000 was approved by the voters for paving; in FY26, $50,000 is requested for a capital fund account), and the local agreement rate (result of previous Town Meeting action to provide certain exemptions and stabilizations).

    This is an Estimate based on the current year's Grand List (total value of taxable property in the Town) so is subject to change; the new Grand List is set annually in April, after Town Meeting voting.

  • Thank You!

    We hope you have found this Estimator a useful way to consider the Town budget and appropriation proposal. If you have any questions, please reach out to a selectboard member or to the town clerk or town management team. Contact information is at www.brandonvermont.gov .

    A line-by-line detail of the FY26 budget proposal is at this direct link .

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