As an introduction to Cass County's revenues and expenditures, the tables below summarize the County’s financial position.
These figures include per capita calculations based on U.S. Department of Commerce-Bureau of the Census for population data for 2010 and 2020 for reports prior to and after 2020, respectively.
Terminology / Description of Summary Information
Revenues - the income that the County has received from its normal activities.
Expenditures - an expenditure is a payment or disbursement. The expenditure may be for the purchase of an asset, a reduction of a liability, or it could be an expense.
Property Taxes - a levy on property that the owner is required to pay. The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located; it may be paid to a national government, a federated state, a county or geographical region, or a municipality. Multiple jurisdictions may tax the same property.
Per Capita - for each person; in relation to people taken individually.
Fiscal Year - a fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly") financial statements in the County. For the County of Cass, the Fiscal Year is October 1st through September 30th of the following year.