The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four
years. This decline has meant that the overall figure on which the city’s property tax is
based—the assessed value of that real estate—has also declined. Moreover, the
percentage of assessed value that was paid as property taxes to the city did not change
during this period.
The information above most strongly supports which of the following?
A. Money collected from property taxes provided most of Altonville’s revenue
during the past four years.
B. The percentage of Altonville’s overall revenue that was collected from property
taxes did not change over the past four years.
C. Altonville officials had proposed raising property tax rates during the past four
years but never did so because of strong opposition from property owners.
D. The total amount of revenue that Altonville has collected from property taxes has
declined over the past four years.
E. During the past four years, Altonville officials also did not increase tax rates on
other sources of revenue such as retail sales or business profits.
MINE A
ANS D
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