Page 9 - Jupiter Ocean Mile - October '21

Jupiter Ocean Mile, Page 9
Tax Talk

Dear Friends, critical public services throughout our community and must use tape or staples to seal it. Affix correct postage and
Have you ever been running be paid by March 31 to avoid delinquency. drop it in the mail!
errands or perhaps just having We recommend that you pay online at www.pbctax.com/ Drop Off Your Property Tax Payment:
one of those days and you bump pay-online for the quickest processing time. You can access our In-Person Drop-Off:
into an old friend? At first, it website and payment portal 24/7, from wherever your work or Each Tax Collector Service Center has a drop-box located
might feel like an inopportune travels take you! You can also pay by e-Check, a free electronic in the lobby which is accessible without an appointment,
time to chat, but then your payment option. Be sure to have your bank account and routing Monday through
friend simply asks, “How are numbers handy when paying online with e-Check. Friday, 8:15 a.m.
you?” As we all maneuver Enclosed with your property tax bill, you’ll find information to 5 p.m., excluding
through these challenging about our Installment Payment Plan (IPP). The plan allows clients holidays. For the
times, we need to remember to be billed in four payments during the year, with a discount of service center
to stop and ask our friends, just under 4 percent. For the 2021 tax year, the deadline to enroll nearest you, visit:
colleagues, neighbors, and others, “How are you doing?” in the IPP was April 30, 2021. Starting Nov. 1, you can enroll in https://www .
For me and my team, it is just as important for us to ask you: IPP for the 2022 tax year. For more information about property pbctax.com/
how are we doing? As we strive to deliver unparalleled service tax, visit https://www.pbctax.com/real-estate-property-tax. locations.
to you, our clients, we understand that we can only do that with
your help. Your feedback helps us understand what is not working
and how we can improve. It also validates when our processes
are working well.
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. Help Us Help You! Important Dates And
Thank you in advance, and I hope you are doing well!
Anne M. Gannon, While many clients choose to pay online, some prefer Deadlines
Constitutional Tax Collector, to pay by personal check. Our payment processing center
Serving Palm Beach County has state-of-the-art equipment that can open, scan and Oct. 11 Tax collector offices closed – Columbus Day
sort thousands of payments every hour. To ensure your Oct. 31 Halloween
Property Tax Season Begins payment is processed without delay, please make sure
that all information is included on your check, as listed
Nov. 1 below. Personal checks can be rejected by our processing
machines if information is missing, which can lead to
Nov. 1 marks the start of the delays in processing your payment. Do not enclose paper
busiest time of the year for our clips, tape, staples or anything else in the envelope, as
team. We mail out over 615,000 these items also delay processing times. Just enclose
property tax bills to owners of the payment stub and the check payment as instructed
property across all 2,386 square on your bill! Failure to follow these instructions can
miles of Palm Beach County. result in your payment being returned for correction,
We are dedicated to ensuring and discount ineligibility if the new payment is not
this process goes smoothly for received within the discount expiration date.
our clients, many of whom may Personal Check Payment Check List:
be new to our community and ‬ 1. Include month, day and year.
unfamiliar with the discounts and ‬ 2. Make check payable to “Tax Collector, PBC.”
payment options we offer. ‬ 3. Include total in U.S. dollars and cents.
Property tax payments can ‬ 4. Fully write out the dollars and cents.
be made beginning Nov. 1. We ‬ 5. Include Property Control Number (PCN) or
offer money-saving discounts Tangible Personal Property Account Number.
ranging from 4 percent to 1 ‬ 6. Sign your name.
percent to clients who pay their Mail Your Property Tax Payment:
taxes early (see the chart in this Use the pre-addressed envelope enclosed with your
article). Property taxes fund bill. Do not write anything additional on the envelope or
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