ROANOKE TIMES  
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 5, 1996             TAG: 9612050010
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
      Published correction ran on December 11, 1996.
         The real estate tax rate in the town of Pulaski is 34 cents per $100 
      of assesed value. The personal property tax rate is 74 cents per $100 of
      assesed value. The number were reversed in a chart of New River Valley 
      tax rates published in the Thursday Current.

TAX DAY

Real estate, personal property and other local taxes are due today in localities across the New River Valley. Real estate taxes are collected twice a year; personal property tax is generally collected once.

Here's how the tax rates and estimated collections break down in the four counties, selected major towns and the city of Radford. All tax rates are per $100 of assessed value. Town residents pay taxes to both the town and county governments; city residents pay only to the city.

real estate rate; personal property rate; annual estimated collection

Montgomery County: 70 cents; $2.45; $23.3 million

Blacksburg: 20 cents; none; $1.7 million

Christiansburg: 14.4 cents; .45 cents; $1.3 million

Treasurer's office: 382-5723

Radford: 68 cents; $2.14; $3.9 million

Treasurer's office: 731-3661

Pulaski County: 70 cents; $1.50; $10.4 million

Pulaski: 34 cents; 74 cents; $1.3 million

Dublin: 23 cents; 50 cents; $155,123

Treasurer's office: 980-7785

Floyd County: 69.5 cents; $2.18; $3.1 million in real estate

Treasurer's office: 745-9357

Giles County: 68 cents; $7; Unavailable

Treasurer's office: 921-1240

LENGTH: Short :   48 lines
ILLUSTRATION: GRAPHIC:  Map by staff. color.