Sept. 30, 2002 – Residential property taxpayers now have until Nov. 30 to pay their 2001 tax bills, Gov. Charles W. Turnbull said in a press release Monday. The actual due date is Oct. 30, but residential property taxpayers automatically get a month's grace.
Appeals are due by Dec. 15.
A Government House source said the date change was necessary because some tax bills went out late. By law, they are due out in June, but by August, there were still some to be issued.
Tax Assessor Roy Martin said the tax bills were originally due June 30, with Aug. 31 the last day to pay without incurring a penalty. The appeal date was Sept. 15.
Turnbull changed the due date by executive order.
The date change applies only to residential property taxes. Martin said all commercial property must be reappraised because of a ruling in August by District Judge Thomas K. Moore in a suit filed by some 25 commercial property owners who claimed their properties were overvalued. (See "Commercial property taxes on hold for a few".)
Martin said his office is currently working on the reappraisals, which will apply to 2002 taxes. As for the 2001 commercial property taxes, he said "it hasn't been decided" what commercial property owners will pay, or when.
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