Page 12 - PGA Community News - September '21

Page 12, PGA C.A.N.! September 2021 September 2021

Tax Talk

Dear Friends, Ask Anne: Surrendering And The Award Goes To…
We are thrilled Tax
Talk readership continues License Plates I have heard from many clients that our Tax Planner and
to grow, and if you are Services Guide is their favorite publication from our office. I am
joining us here for the first Did you know thrilled to share that our 2021 edition of the guide was recently
time – welcome! Please that license plates named a 2021 APEX Award Winner in Publications Excellence
know that we value our are the property in the “One-of-a-Kind Publication” category. With nearly 1,200
readers and look forward to of Florida, and are entries in the competition, each is judged on excellence in graphic
sharing important news and assigned to you, design, editorial content, and the success of the entry in achieving
valuable information with not the vehicle? overall communications effectiveness, by a panel of Apex judges.
you each month. If you are selling, The guide is available in convenient, digital flipbook format at
With the arrival of trading in or otherwise changing vehicles, it is your responsibility www.pbctax.com, or email us at ClientAdvocate@pbctax.com
September, we are preparing for the end of the annual to make sure your plate is removed and handled properly. Read on to request a printed copy.
Business Tax Receipt (BTR) renewal period, which runs for the answers to common questions concerning license plates,
July 1 through Sept. 30. I urge local business owners and please visit www.pbctax.com/frequently-asked-questions for
to renew their receipt online at www.pbctax.com/local- additional information.
business-tax if they haven’t already done so. It is fast and Question: My elderly parent no longer needs their car. We
easy to do! plan to sell it, but what should we do with the license plate?
Our office is also gearing up for the 2021/22 tax season Answer: Properly surrendering your plate will protect you
as we prepare to mail out over 615,000 property tax bills from any future possible fraud or misuse of the plate, as it is
on Nov. 1. Needless to say, it is our largest mailing of the associated with your parent’s name and address. Include a written
year, and our team is ready to deliver! request to surrender with the name, address and phone number
I hope you enjoy the remaining days of summer and associated with the registration, and drop it in a drop box at one
that you and your family remain safe and healthy. of our six Service Centers (Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to
Sincerely, 5 p.m.) or send it by mail to PBC Tax Collector, P.O. Box 3715,
Anne M. Gannon, West Palm Beach, FL 33402.
Constitutional Tax Collector, Question: I am going away to college in the fall and do not
Serving Palm Beach County want to continue paying for auto insurance while my car sits in
my parents’ driveway. What should I do?
Is Service In Your DNA? Answer: If the decal on the license plate is unexpired, Thanks! You Liked Us!
surrender the plate first and then cancel your insurance. This will
In last month’s Tax Talk, I asked service-minded prevent your driving privilege from being suspended. You can Last month, we invited you to join us on social media and
individuals who are seeking meaningful work to consider drop the plate off at one of our convenient drop boxes or mail “Like” our Facebook page @PBCTAX for a chance to win a
a career with our agency. We heard from many enthusiastic it in with a written request to cancel and recycle the plate (see free TCO Prize Pack. We were overwhelmed with the response
applicants, and, we have several more client service above for the address). so a huge “thank you” to all who liked our Facebook page. As
specialist (CSS) positions available at all locations, Question: What should I do with an old plate that I found in promised, after the July 25 deadline, we randomly selected three
including our Client Care and Research Center, and our my garage? winners. Congratulations to Fernanda Elena Bozzo, John Daniels,
soon-to-be opened office in the city of Westlake. Answer: The proper way to dispose of a plate is to surrender and Larry Weiss! To claim your prize if you haven’t already done
We will be inviting select CSS applicants for an it, as outlined above. so, please email ClientAdvocate@pbctax.com and provide your
opportunity to participate in qualifications testing and contact phone number and mailing address. A sincere thank you
an in-person interview with members of our management to all who participated!
team – all in the same day! The invitational hiring event
will be held on Saturday, Sept. 11 at one of our service
centers. If you have 60 hours of college credit and want to
join an award-winning team as a client service specialist,
please apply by close of business on Monday, Aug. 30, to
be considered for the invitational event.
Our recruiting team will reach out to invite qualified
candidates to the event and provide details at that time.
Apply online: Client Service Specialist – Constitutional
Tax Collector (pbctax.com).
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