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Tax Talk

Dear Friends,
Well, the new year has
gotten off to a challenging
start here in the Tax
Collector’s Office as we
are managing through the
latest COVID-19 surge.
Like many other offices and
businesses, this latest surge
has resulted in numerous the services listed above. We want to make this process Court and Comptroller’s Office serves as the clerk of the
staff being out in order to as client friendly as possible by breaking it down to three VAB; processing all petitions, scheduling hearings and
rest and get healthy. My easy steps: maintaining all records.
staff is working diligently to process the influx of work 1. Browse the types of service that we offer to determine Each August, Palm Beach County’s taxpayers are
we are receiving as a result of being in the middle of what appointment you need. notified of their property’s assessed and market value
tax season. Rest assured, that our focus is to process 2. Check our latest guidelines on how appointments work by the Property Appraiser’s Office. At that time, the
the volumes of work as quickly as possible and that our to prepare for your visit to one of our locations. property owner can file a petition with the VAB if they
staff is safe and healthy. I, along with our entire team, 3. Make your appointment by selecting the service you feel the assessment, classification or exemption status
greatly appreciate your patience as we work through these need along with the location, date, and time. for their property is incorrect. Regardless of the outcome
challenges. Reminder: Our appointment system can only schedule or pending status of the petition, the required portion of
Notwithstanding these challenges, I am thrilled appointments up to 60 days in advance. If no appointments the property taxes are due by April 1 to the tax collector
that in February, our new service center in the city of are available for the requested transaction, please continue to avoid penalties, as per Florida Statute 194.014. This
Westlake, will open for business! This new state-of-the- to check back periodically for appointments to become new resource sheet will assist clients who have had their
art, 23,735-square-foot service center will replace the available. Are you ready to schedule your appointment? Visit VAB petition administratively granted during this time.
current facility in Royal Palm Beach and serve the western www.pbctax.com/appointments to make your appointment! An overview of the petition process is available on the
communities of our county. I look forward to welcoming clerk’s website at www.mypalmbeachclerk.com including
clients to this new location! New Resource Available For an online portal for filing.
Sincerely,
Anne M. Gannon, VAB Petitioners Charitable Giving
Constitutional Tax Collector,
Serving Palm Beach County The Tax Collector’s Office is committed to working In our December newsletter, we talked about the
with our partner agencies to best serve the residents of generosity and giving spirit of our employees. This
Making An Appointment Is Palm Beach County. We’ve teamed up with the office of holiday season, they “knocked our socks off” in a holiday
sock drive for one of our charity partners, Living Hungry.
Dorothy Jacks, property appraiser, on a fact sheet called
Easy As 1, 2, 3 “What to Expect After Your Value Adjustment Board Employees were challenged to donate 1,000 pairs of socks
(VAB) Petition is Administratively Granted,” which will to the local charity that partners with the school district
The tax collector offers many services such as driver’s be provided to clients involved with the petition process. to deliver supplies to those who need it most – homeless
license, motor vehicle, vessel, property tax, tourist The Value Adjustment Board is an independent entity students right here in the Palm Beach County community.
development tax, business tax, and more. There is a good which includes elected officials and citizen members Employees doubled that goal and donated 2,087 pairs
chance that at some point you will need to visit one of our who approve special magistrates to preside in a public
six service centers within the next year for one or more of hearing format. Joseph Abruzzo, clerk of the Circuit Tax Talk on page 6
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