Carson City

Carson City is a centrally located community situated in western Nevada and bordered by Washoe and Storey counties to the north and Douglas County to the south. Nestled along the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains, Carson City offers an ideal climate and breathtaking beauty. Nevada's capital city offers great advantages including affordable housing, and abundant labor force. With a strong support of industry, Carson City has quietly become Nevada's leading manufacturing city with 14 percent of its workers in manufacturing, compared to the state average of four percent."The Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities" rated Carson City as the 19th best "micropolitan area" in the nation. The recent book "Boomtown USA" from the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties ranked Carson City in its top 50 communities in the West for the greatest opportunities for business, jobs and lifestyle and a favorite relocation spot for companies interested in low taxes, affordable housing and real estate costs and an abundant labor force.*

Carson City is the state capital of Nevada, which has time and again been recognized as the #1 business-friendly state in the country. This ranking is based on taxes, electricity costs, workers' compensation costs, total crime rate, right to work, number of bureaucrats, and state minimum wage. Carson City is a favorite relocation spot for companies interested in low taxes, affordable housing and real estate costs and an abundant labor force. *

*Source: Carson City Economic Development

The advantages of doing business in Nevada are expansive. Nevada boasts one of the most liberal tax structures in the nation and from a tax-planning perspective, the return on investment in the form of tax saving dollars can be enormous.

Advantages

• Minimum State Requirements for Rural Areas (pdf)
• Minimum State Requirements for Expansions (pdf)
• Minimum State Requirements for Rural Recycling and Intellectual Property (pdf)

Taxes

Sales Tax Rate

In Carson City, the sales tax rate is 7.475.

Property Tax Rate

In Carson City, the 2009-10 average county wide tax rate is 3.2928.

Calculating Real Property Taxes

The formula for calculating real property tax is as follows:

• Taxable Value x .35 = Assessed Value
• Assessed Value x Tax Rate = Total Real Property Tax

For more information, please see How Property Taxes are Calculated.

Calculating Personal Property Taxes

Using the Cost Conversion Factor tables in the Personal Property Manual, use the following formula to calculate the assessed value. The assessed value is the value on which taxes are calculated.

• Actual Cost x Cost Index (for appropriate year) = Cost of Replacement
• Cost of Replacement x Percent Good = Taxable Value
• Taxable Value x .35 = Assessed Value
• Assessed Value x Tax Rate = Total Personal Property Tax

Population

Source: Nevada State Demographer

Gender Composition

Source: Applied Geographic Solutions

Employment

Source: Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR). 

Job Growth Numbers

Source: Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation