The Village of Fontana filed the annual Statement of Taxes with the state and the 2016 tax bills were printed and mailed out the second week of December. Property owners can obtain a copy of their tax bill on the Walworth County website, under the “Real Estate Tax Information” link, and then under the “Tax Balance/Payoff Information” link.
The tax bills include the annual Village Tax Information Sheet; however, the information sheet does not include the breakdown of the six individual taxing jurisdictions because that information was not available when the document had to be sent to the press.
The percentage breakdown for the Village of Fontana tax bills are listed below according to what elementary school district the property is located in: Fontana Joint 8 School District, Reek Elementary Joint 6 School District, or Walworth Joint 1 School District.
Fontana Joint 8 School District property tax bills: Village of Fontana portion, 24 percent; Joint 8 School District portion, 15 percent; Big Foot Union High School portion, 21 percent; State of Wisconsin, 1 percent; Walworth County portion, 33 percent; Gateway Technical College portion, 6 percent.
Reek Joint 6 School District property tax bills: Village of Fontana portion, 24 percent; Joint 6 School District portion, 14 percent; Big Foot Union High School portion, 21 percent; State of Wisconsin, 1 percent; Walworth County portion, 34 percent; Gateway Technical College portion, 6 percent.
Walworth Joint 1 School District property tax bills: Village of Fontana portion, 18 percent; Joint 1 School District portion, 34 percent; Big Foot Union High School portion, 17 percent; State of Wisconsin, 1 percent; Walworth County portion, 25 percent; Gateway Technical College portion, 5 percent.