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February 26, 2008


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Property Tax Payment Deadline is Friday

By Linda Bolton
linda@mckenziebanner.com

The deadline for paying 2007 county property taxes without being assessed a penalty is Friday, February 29.

County Trustee Pat Rich said Carroll County property owners may pay their taxes in person at the trustee’s office in the county office complex, located at 625 High Street, Suite 106, Huntingdon from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Rich noted the office remains open from 12-1 p.m.

Those paying property taxes after the February 29 deadline will be assessed a penalty of 1-1/2 percent per month. Example: persons who pay in March would be assessed an additional 1 ½ percent, while those paying in April would be assessed an additional 3 percent.

For people who want to sign up for tax relief, Rich said the requirements are that they must be at least 65 years old, be 100 percent disabled or widow of disabled veteran, and had to have earned $24,000 or less in 2006, the year on which 2007 tax is based. The allowable income was raised from last year, when the maximum income figure was $20,000.

A change to the property tax relief program is that spouses of soldiers killed in action are eligible for property tax relief.

Qualified applicants will receive tax relief on the first $25,000 of their property’s market value.

Rich noted that in October 2007 when the tax notices were mailed out, 546 tax relief participants were on the rolls at that time. Approximately 150 more are expected to be added, she said.

“We are happy to fill out the applications,” said Rich. “We want to encourage people to ask for the tax relief.”

She noted, however, her staff would not be filling out applications for tax relief on Thursday and Friday, February 28-29, because her staff is extremely busy accepting tax payments during the final days.

“We are asking persons to pay their taxes and return the following week and we will be happy to assist them.”

Applications for tax relief need to be filled out by the middle of March, said Rich. All persons applying for relief for the first time must pay the full tax amount and those qualifying for relief will be reimbursed by the state, said Rich.

The 2007 tax aggregate for the county is 18,368 parcels of property. The expected revenues if 100 percent of taxes were collected would be $7,940,686.13 for this year, she said.

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