Taxes in Georgetown
Georgetown's tax picture combines a genuinely low property tax with Kentucky's real, favorable flat state income tax and simple sales tax.
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Learn moreA genuinely low property tax
Scott County's own overall effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.68% per PropertyTaxRates.org, with a real, disclosed, slightly higher Georgetown-specific figure (Ownwell: approximately 0.75%; a separate source: approximately 0.71%) -- a genuine, modest, disclosed spread.
Kentucky's real 3.5% flat income tax
Kentucky's flat state income tax was cut to a real, dated 3.5% effective January 1, 2026, via 2022's House Bill 8 -- disclosed here as CONTINGENT on budget-reserve/revenue-growth triggers and legislative reenactment each cycle.
A genuinely simple sales tax
Kentucky's sales tax runs a real, flat 6% statewide with NO local-option city or county add-ons anywhere in the Commonwealth.
Key takeaways
- Georgetown's own property tax runs genuinely low (~0.68%-0.75% depending on the specific source and geography).
- Kentucky's flat 3.5% state income tax (2026) is real but disclosed as contingent on budget triggers and reenactment.
- Kentucky's flat 6% sales tax applies statewide with no local Georgetown add-on.
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