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A county's real property tax year runs from January 1 to December 31. Dolton sells the real property to Nova on September 30, 2017. Nova owns the real property from September 30 through December 31. The tax for the real property tax year, January 1 through December 31, is $6,890.
Round any division to four decimal places and use in subsequent calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar. Assume 365 days in a year.
The portion of the real property tax treated as imposed upon Dolton, the seller, is $ , and the amount of the tax is treated as imposed upon Nova, the purchaser is $.
Total Property Tax = $6850
Dolton owns the property from January 1 to September 29 i.e. 272 Days
Nova owns the property from September 30 to December 31 i.e. 93 Days
Hence amount of Property Tax treated to be imposed on Dolton
= $6850 * 272/365 = $5104.66 i.e. $5105 (rounded to nearest dollar)
Amount of Property Tax treated to be imposed on Nova
= $6850 * 93/365 = $1745.34 i.e. $1745 (rounded to nearest dollar)