Some people are confused, when looking at a tax bill, there is a

Lower Township - Some people are confused, when looking at a tax bill, there is a breakdown of taxes to show school, library, county, fire districts, local purpose, and a host of other factors that determine your yearly tax bill. determined by outside agencies. When choosing to elect a candidate for office on a municipal level, you need to pay attention to the local purpose, which is the big one to watch, given the rising cost of services, materials, insurances and health care for employees, along with law suits and buy outs. Very rarely do you ever see a 0 percent tax increase with the local purpose tax.