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Boca Club News, Page 9
Memo from County Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon:

What You Should Know About This Year’s Property Tax

By Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional 1% to clients who pay their taxes early (see the chart below). as these items also delay processing times. Just enclose
Tax Collector serving Palm Beach Property taxes fund critical public services throughout the payment stub and the check payment as instructed on
County. You can reach her office our community and must be paid by March 31st to avoid your bill! Failure to follow these instructions can result in
by Email: ClientAdvocate@ delinquency. your payment being returned for correction, and discount
taxcollectorpbc.com. Phone: (561) We recommend that you pay online at www.pbctax.com/ ineligibility if the new payment is not received within the
355-4271. pay-online for the quickest processing time. You can access discount expiration date.
Have you ever been running our website and payment portal 24/7, from wherever your Personal Check Payment Check List:
errands, or perhaps just having one work or travels take you. You can also pay by e-Check, a 1. Include month, day and year.
of those days, and you bump into an free electronic payment option. Be sure to have your bank 2. Make check payable to “Tax Collector, PBC.”
old friend? At first, it might feel like an inopportune time account and routing numbers handy when paying online 3. Include total in U.S. dollars and cents.
to chat, but then your friend simply asks, “How are you?” with e-Check. 4. Fully write out the dollars and cents.
As we all maneuver through these challenging times, we Enclosed with your property tax bill, you’ll find 5. Include Property Control Number (PCN) Or Tangible
need to remember to stop and ask our friends, colleagues, information about our Installment Payment Plan (IPP). The Personal Property Account Number.
neighbors, and others, “How are you doing?” plan allows clients to be billed in four payments during the 6. Sign your name.
For me and my team, it is just as important for us to ask year, with a discount of just under 4%. For the 2021 tax Mail Your Property Tax Payment:
you: How are we doing? As we strive to deliver unparalleled year, the deadline to enroll in the IPP was April 30th, 2021. Use the pre-addressed envelope enclosed with your bill.
service to you, our clients, we understand that we can only Starting November 1st, you can enroll in IPP for the 2022 Do not write anything additional on the envelope or use tape
do that with your help. Your feedback helps us understand tax year. For more information about property tax, visit or staples to seal it. Affix correct postage and drop it in the
what is not working and how we can improve. It also https://www.pbctax.com/real-estate-property-tax mail!
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.
Thank you in advance, and I hope you are doing well!
Property Tax Season Begins November 1st. November Help Us Help You! While many clients choose to pay Drop Off Your Property Tax Payment:
1st marks the start of the busiest time of the year for our online, some prefer to pay by personal check. Our payment In-Person Drop Off:
team. We mail out over 615,000 property tax bills to owners processing center has state-of-the-art equipment that can Each Tax Collector Service Center has a Drop-Box
of property across all 2,386 square miles of Palm Beach open, scan and sort thousands of payments every hour. To located in the lobby which is accessible without an
County. We are dedicated to ensuring this process goes ensure your payment is processed without delay, please appointment, Mon.-Fri., 8:15 a.m.–5:00 p.m., excluding
smoothly for our clients, many of whom may be new to our make sure that all information is included on your check, holidays. For the Service Center nearest you, visit: https://
community and unfamiliar with the discounts and payment as listed below. Personal checks can be rejected by our www.pbctax.com/locations.
options we offer. processing machines if information is missing, which can
Property tax payments can be made beginning November lead to delays in processing your payment. Do not enclose
1st. We offer money-saving discounts ranging from 4% to paper clips, tape, staples or anything else in the envelope,

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