Property taxes in Pierce County to rise in 2021 but maybe not as much as they did in ’20 Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune
The Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer’s Office has announced that property taxes countywide will see a 4.8 percent increase this year over 2020.
Property tax statements for 2021 will be mailed to homeowners the week of Feb. 15. The percent change across the county is dependent on factors like school bonds and levies, city taxes, fire districts taxes, noxious weed control taxes and Sound Transit taxes.
“For the past three years, tax bills fluctuated due to the McCleary court decision on school funding,” Assessor-Treasurer Mike Lonergan said in a press release. “This year they’ve settled down in most areas, even decreasing in a couple districts.”