The Finance Department is the steward of both the property tax and sales tax revenues collected by the City. These revenues are used to fund City services and run day to day operations of the City. 

Sales Tax
The 2009 City Sales Tax rate is 7.35 percent of gross sales. Sales tax revenues are used to support several taxing entities including the City, State and County, as well as several special interests. 

One percent of the all City Sales Tax revenues are used to finance City programs and services. City Sales Tax is the largest general government revenue source for the City.  In addition, one half of a percent of the sales tax revenues is allocated for the Transportation Sales Tax, which is used solely to finance transportation improvements, such as streets.

Taxes	Percentages
City Sales Tax	1%
City Transportation Tax	0.5%
State	3.%
County	0.5%
Stadium Sales Tax	0.38%
State (Proposition C)	1.%
Conservation	0.13%
Soil Conservation	0.1%
Drug Task Force	0.25%
Central Jackson County Fire Protection District (CJCFPD)	0.5%
Total	7.35%
Pie Chart of Revenue Distribution

Property Tax
The 2009 Property Tax rate is $8.6407 of every $100 of assessed property value. The City's portion of the $8.6407 is $0.6989. Of the $0.6989, $0.5489 goes to the General Fund for general government purposes and $.15 pays debt service on general obligation bonds in the General Obligation Bond Debt Service Fund.

Organization	Dollar Amount
City of Blue Springs	$0.6989
CJCFPD	$1.1058
Board of Disabled Services	$0.0748
Metropolitan Community College	$0.2143
Mid-Continent Library	$0.3214
Mental Health	$0.1218
R-4 School District	$5.5307
Jackson County	$0.5430
Blind Pension	$0.0300
Total	$8.6407
Pie Chart of Revenue Distribution