# USA property taxes, for a non-USA person **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 7, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-property-taxes-for-a-non-usa-person/399082 "2007-04-07T07:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-property-taxes-for-a-non-usa-person/399082/21 "2007-04-07T19:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You aren’t charged per mill, you are assesed a number of mills per $1 of assessed valuation. One _mill_ is one 1/1000th of a dollar. [/QUOTE] I don’t see the difference. One permil is 1/1000th of a dollar. One mill is a 1/1000th of a dollar. Is “permil” (‰) just not a common term outside my area? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-property-taxes-for-a-non-usa-person/399082/22 "2007-04-07T20:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=Balthisar] I don’t see the difference. One permil is 1/1000th of a dollar. One mill is a 1/1000th of a dollar. Is “permil” (‰) just not a common term outside my area? [/QUOTE] While it makes perfect sense by analogy, a “permil” as a single word analogous to percent is totally unknown outside your area, if I do not miss my guess. And as someone who lost my home to vicious misuse of property taxation (courtesy of a county supervisor who greatly disliked me), I can testify that three years is more than enough when a local government decides it wants to take your house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-property-taxes-for-a-non-usa-person/399082.md?page=1)