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<br />CCM Economics, LLC Orange County Tax Equity Page 29 <br /> <br />Table 4. Summation of Monies Paid Out by Orange County Citizens to <br />Governments on a Per Capita Basis <br /> <br /> <br />Orange <br />County Mebane Hillsborough Chapel Hill Carrboro Unincorporated <br />Federal Income 5,949.89 2,541.76 4,950.34 7,939.19 4,231.80 4,789.51 <br />State Income 1,442.36 666.35 1,305.59 1,921.61 970.72 1,170.58 <br />Property 1,235.01 2,130.45 2,579.43 2,275.59 2,046.26 1,016.18 <br />Retail Sales 741.36 593.70 500.63 772.90 756.95 737.61 <br />Motor vehicle 66.59 66.87 77.11 82.54 71.49 47.03 <br />Other Taxes <br />(Animal, B&W, <br />Utility, etc.) 3.22 97.40 3.37 36.11 30.07 2.66 <br />Licenses and <br />Permits 2.37 29.24 27.39 50.96 67.56 1.67 <br />Charges (Deeds, <br />Aging, <br />Community <br />Planning, etc.) 69.05 170.10 147.90 133.17 92.44 69.04 <br />Special Revenue <br />Funds 265.72 41.35 <br /> <br />Total Payments 9,509.84 6,295.87 9,591.76 13,212.08 8,267.29 7,834.28 <br />Total Payments <br />( No F+S taxes) 2,117.59 3,087.76 3,335.83 3,351.28 3,064.77 1,874.19 <br /> <br />Total Payments <br />(pct. of income) 26.14 21.61 39.04 34.83 22.26 21.64 <br />Total Payments <br />No F+S <br />(pct. of income) 5.82 10.60 13.58 8.84 8.25 5.18 <br /> <br /> Orange County and its municipalities provide many different goods and services for their <br />citizens with the tax dollars and fees that they collect. These are classified into several different <br />functions including community services, public safety, human services, education, support <br />services, and general government functions. There can be many different but related activities <br />within each of these functions. For example, general government functions at the county level <br />include deed registration, running elections and polling places are ensuring that votes are <br />tabulated correctly, running the county attorney’s office, etc. <br />66