Page 14 - Lifesyles in Palm Beach Gardens - October '21

Page 14, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Tax Talk

Dear Friends, Personal Check Payment Check List: Mail Your Property Tax Payment:
Have you ever been running ‪ 1. Include month, day and year. Use the pre-addressed envelope enclosed with your
errands or perhaps just having ‪ 2. Make check payable to “Tax Collector, PBC.” bill. Do not write anything additional on the envelope or
one of those days and you bump ‪ 3. Include total in U.S. dollars and cents. use tape or staples to seal it. Affix correct postage and
into an old friend? At first, it ‪ 4. Fully write out the dollars and cents. drop it in the mail!
might feel like an inopportune ‪ 5. Include Property Control Number (PCN) or Drop Off Your Property Tax Payment:
time to chat, but then your Tangible Personal Property Account Number. In-Person Drop-Off:
friend simply asks, “How are ‪ 6. Sign your name. Each Tax Collector Service Center has a drop-box located
you?” As we all maneuver in the lobby which is accessible without an appointment,
through these challenging Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding
times, we need to remember holidays. For the service center nearest you, visit: https://
to stop and ask our friends, www.pbctax.com/locations.
colleagues, neighbors, and others, “How are you doing?”
For me and my team, it is just as important for us to ask you: Important Dates And
how are we doing? As we strive to deliver unparalleled service
to you, our clients, we understand that we can only do that with Deadlines
your help. Your feedback helps us understand what is not working
and how we can improve. It also validates when our processes Oct. 11 Tax collector offices closed – Columbus Day
are working well. Oct. 31 Halloween
So, the next time you have business with our office, you will
receive a text message or email stating, “The Tax Collector wants
your feedback.” It takes fewer than five minutes to complete the
survey and the information you share with us is invaluable.
You can also visit our website, www.pbctax.com/survey and
participate in our online survey. Simply select the department or
service you recently utilized and answer a few short questions
to help us serve you better.
Thank you in advance, and I hope you are doing well!
Anne M. Gannon,
Constitutional Tax Collector,
Serving Palm Beach County
“Service is our number one priority”
Property Tax Season Begins
Nov. 1 561-743-0070

www.palmspoolservices.com
Nov. 1 marks the start of
the busiest time of the year
for our team. We mail out
over 615,000 property tax
bills to owners of property
across all 2,386 square miles
of Palm Beach County. We
are dedicated to ensuring this
process goes smoothly for our
clients, many of whom may
be new to our community and
unfamiliar with the discounts
and payment options we
offer. Expires 10/31/21.
Property tax payments can
be made beginning Nov. 1. We
offer money-saving discounts State Licensed & Insured
ranging from 4 percent to 1 Serving Palm Beach County CPC # 1457468 • LPG#30099
percent to clients who pay their
taxes early (see the chart in this
article). Property taxes fund
critical public services throughout our community and must be
paid by March 31 to avoid delinquency.
We recommend that you pay online at www.pbctax.com/ Palm Beach Beauty Salon
pay-online for the quickest processing time. You can access our
website and payment portal 24/7, from wherever your work or
travels take you! You can also pay by e-Check, a free electronic
payment option. Be sure to have your bank account and routing
numbers handy when paying online with e-Check. 10%
Enclosed with your property tax bill, you’ll find
information about our Installment Payment Plan (IPP). The
plan allows clients to be billed in four payments during the
year, with a discount of just under 4 percent. For the 2021 OFF
tax year, the deadline to enroll in the IPP was April 30, 2021.
Starting Nov. 1, you can enroll in IPP for the 2022 tax year.
For more information about property tax, visit https://www. Tues.
pbctax.com/real-estate-property-tax.
New clients only
Help Us Help You!

While many clients choose to pay online, some prefer Susan
to pay by personal check. Our payment processing center
has state-of-the-art equipment that can open, scan and
sort thousands of payments every hour. To ensure your Swafford
payment is processed without delay, please make sure
that all information is included on your check, as listed formerly with Beauty To Go
above. Personal checks can be rejected by our processing
machines if information is missing, which can lead to
clips, tape, staples or anything else in the envelope, as 561-312-0457
delays in processing your payment. Do not enclose paper

these items also delay processing times. Just enclose the
payment stub and the check payment as instructed on 4595 Northlake Blvd., Suite 113
your bill! Failure to follow these instructions can result Products starting at 69
$
in your payment being returned for correction, and Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
discount ineligibility if the new payment is not received
within the discount expiration date.