The IML Real Estate Blog

Step 1 - Go to the Treasurer Tax Collector of Orange County, CA website. Follow the link.

Step 2 - Find Parcel Number:  On the "Pay/Review Property Taxes page search for a particular home by address to find the parcel #; or skip to Step 3 if you know the parcel #.

Step 3 - Tax Summary: Click on the parcel number or enter the parcel number to pull up the tax summary.

Step 4 - Detailed Tax Bill: Click on "Click Here For Details" (bottom right) of the tax summary.

Step 5 - View the existing property tax bill and utilize basic levy rate & Mello-Roos (if applicable) to estimate property tax obligation at your new proposed purchase price.

Step 6 - Calculate Baseline Tax Rate: The top few rows all indicate basic tax rates starting with the standard 1.00% basic levy rate for Orange County.  Add all "tax rates" in the second column to arrive at the tax rate for a particular parcel number.  Multiply the combined tax rate by the proposed purchase price (i.e.: $550,000 x 1.068% = $5,874).

Step 7 - Calculate Special Assesments:  Special Assessments are listed under the "*** Special Assessment User Fees ***" row.  These values (including mello-roos) will remain the same even after transfer of ownership.  Add all special assessment fees to arrive at a Total Special Assessment Fees amount.

Step 8 - Calculate Combined Property Taxes: Add Total Baseline Tax Obligation to Total Special Assessment Fees to arrive at your estimated a combined property tax obligation based on your purchase price.