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Tax Talk

Prepare Your Teen for the helped fund relief efforts in the Bahamas following Hurricane
Dear Friends, Dorian.
Since 2006 one of my Driver’s Seat These donations are special because every dollar raised
top priorities has been to and every item donated comes directly from our employees. I
modernize this agency and Securing an appointment for your teen to take their am extremely grateful to our generous employees who always
enhance the level of service driving test can go a long way in reducing their pretest step up whenever they see a need in the community. Please
we provide. I am excited to stress. Schedule an appointment 90 days in advance at www. visit www.pbctax.com/community to learn more about Tax
share that clients can now pbctax.com. Our service centers (with the exception of the Collector Office employees’ charitable giving.
use their mobile device or Downtown West Palm Beach Service Center) administer
contactless credit/debit card driving tests Monday – Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Important Dates & Deadlines
to make a secure payment in Road tests are suspended in inclement weather.
our offices. Before taking the test, we recommend your teen download Mar. 17 Election Day
March is always a busy our free “In the Driver’s Seat” app. For additional tips to help Mar. 31 Last day to pay 2019 property taxes
month at our service centers. Clients should expect longer your teen prepare for the driving test, visit www.pbctax.com/ Mar. 31 Fourth and final 2019 installment plan payment due
wait times due to the last-minute rush to pay property taxes teendriver. Apr. 1 Unpaid 2019 property taxes are delinquent
ahead of the March 31 deadline. Avoid the lines by paying Apr. 1 Census Day
online at www.pbctax.com and use eCheck, it’s free! Ask Anne: Avoiding Phone Oct. 1 REAL ID deadline
Remember, property taxes become delinquent April 1 and Born in May? Your registration
cannot be paid online. March also brings a surge of young Scams expires at midnight on your
people coming in to get their driver license during Spring birthday. Avoid the last-minute
Break. Question: Anne, I have an elderly mother who has been rush. Renew your registration at
Finally, don’t forget to vote in the upcoming elections. receiving calls from scammers pretending they’re from a www.pbctax.com.
Twenty municipal elections will be held in conjunction with government agency. Do you have any advice to help protect
the Presidential Preference Primary March 17. our seniors from scammers? Beverly, West Palm Beach Important 2020 Election Dates
Warm regards, Anne: Hello, Beverly! Unfortunately, phone scams are
Anne M. Gannon, far too common. Scammers will try to scare or trick you into & Deadlines
Constitutional Tax Collector, Serving Palm Beach County giving them your personal information and money. My best
advice is to always remember banks and government agencies 2020 Presidential Preference Primary and Uniform
do not call you and ask for your personal information over Municipal Elections
the phone. Also, you should know that government agencies March 17, 2020
will never require payment by cash, gift card, pre-paid debit Election Day
card or a money transfer app. If you receive a questionable
phone call, simply hang up and report it to www.ftc.gov/ 2020 Primary Election
complaint. July 20, 2020
Deadline to register or change party
Employees Donate Over August 18, 2020
$32,000 to Nonprofits in 2019 Election Day

2020 General Election
Giving back to the community benefits us all, and in 2019, October 5, 2020
I am proud to report our agency employees helped nonprofits Deadline to register or change party
improve the lives of families and homeless children in Palm November 3, 2020
Last month I was honored to receive the Bunny Steinman Beach County and beyond. Employees raised $32,276.00 to Election Day
Award from the Democratic Club of Greater Boynton. support Families First of Palm Beach County, Living Hungry For more information, please visit the Palm Beach County
Steinman was a pillar of the Florida Democratic Party and and the Salvation Army. Donations to the Salvation Army Supervisor of Elections website at www.pbcelections.org. 
left a legacy of selfless service to the community.

Agency Offers More Secure, Thursday, March 19th

Convenient Payment Methods

We are pleased to announce our offices are now accepting
contactless payment methods such as Apple Pay and
Samsung Pay. Contactless credit/debit cards - cards that do
not need to be inserted or swiped at the payment terminal -
are also accepted.
Contactless payments are made possible by near field
communication (NFC). This technology allows two devices,
such as a smartphone and a payment terminal, to talk to each
other when they are in close proximity. The data used in an
NFC transaction is encrypted and dynamic. This makes it
one of the most secure forms of payment available today.
The software upgrade brings another benefit, a reduction
in convenience fees charged by the credit/debit card vendor
from 2.5% to 2.4%. Convenience fees are collected by the
credit card vendor and not retained by our office.

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