Page 17 - Boca Club News - December '23

Boca Club News, Page 17
Memo from County Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon:

Are We Holding Money that Belongs to You?

By Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional Tax Pay it Online. Tax bills were mailed out last month, If you missed November’s 4% discount for your property
Collector serving Palm Beach County. and my staff is working to process payments quickly. If you tax payment, you can take advantage of the 3% discount by
You can reach her office by Email: haven’t paid your taxes yet, I suggest using our convenient paying your property taxes by the January 2nd deadline. The
ClientAdvocate@taxcollectorpbc. online payment process by visiting www.pbctax.com. discount drops to 2% in January and 1% in February. There
com. Phone: (561) 355-4271. There are two quick, easy and convenient ways to pay is no discount if you wait and pay your taxes in March.
If you recall, earlier this year I online: Returned Check…Now What? This tax season, many
mentioned that my cat, Bader, was • Credit/Debit Card: We accept American Express, Visa, of you may choose to pay online with the convenient eCheck
featured in our Installment Payment Mastercard and Discover. A 2.4% convenience fee applies system. There is no convenience fee to use eCheck, which
Plan (IPP) advertisement. Well, with if you are paying by credit card. This fee is collected by our requires you to enter your bank’s routing number and account
the new tax season comes a new IPP ad and, being the fair payment processor, and is not retained by our office. number. You may also choose to make your payment with a
“cat mom” that I am, this year’s ad had to feature my other • eCheck: Using eCheck is free. If you pay online using personal check.
cat, Biden. Yes, that’s her grasping the tree! Don’t worry, she your bank’s routing number and account number, there is no When submitting your electronic payment, please make
was never really stuck in the tree thanks to the wizardry of convenience fee. Your email transaction notice will serve as sure all your banking information is correct. Payments can
our graphic artist. The ad is featured in our 2023 Property your receipt. be rejected by your bank due to an invalid/incorrect routing/
Taxes brochure, which is included with your property tax bill Visit www.pbctax.com and click the “Payment Options” account number(s), and your payment will not be processed
that was mailed to property owners in early November. button on our homepage to see a complete “How To Guide” and must be resubmitted in the form of a personal check,
Enrollment for next year’s budget friendly IPP is now for making an online property tax payment. Or you can visit cashier’s check or money order. Once you receive notification
open through April 30th, and once enrolled, beginning next this site for more information: https://www.pbctax.com/ from our office that payment was unsuccessful, you will
year, you will pay your Installment Payment Plan real estate payment-options/. receive directions to resubmit the payment, either by mailing
and/or tangible property taxes in four quarterly payments. it to our office or dropping it off at any of our service center
That’s how I pay my property tax! Visit www.pbctax.com/ locations drop boxes.
ipp for eligibility requirements and to enroll online. If you receive notice from your bank that your payment
As we close out 2023, I want to wish you a healthy, happy was dishonored, please hold off contacting our office as
holiday season and a very Happy New Year! we must wait for notification from your bank before you
Funds for You? Did you know there could be thousands can resubmit your payment. Once we are notified by your
of dollars waiting for you? Yes, you read that right. Some bank, my staff will reach out to you with instructions for
clients overpay on their transactions, and once this happens resubmitting your payment.
we issue a refund for the amount overpaid. If the refund is Keep in mind that payments cannot be made by phone,
returned to us as undeliverable, we will continue to attempt to and all discount and delinquency deadlines apply.
issue the refund. Once we have explored all refund options,
we then post a list of unclaimed funds on our website, hoping
that clients can reclaim the money due to them. We hold onto Advertise in the paper!
these funds for one year, and if the funds remain unclaimed
we forward those funds to the appropriate state of the last Check out our website!
known address.
Currently, there is more than $500,000 in unclaimed funds
available. So I encourage you to check if your name is on the www.seabreezepublications.com
list; you never know what might be waiting for you! Visit
Palm Beach County Unclaimed Funds and State of Florida or call 746-3244
Unclaimed Funds.
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