Important Information Regarding Your Bill
1. Retain Taxpayers Portion for your records. If paying in person, please bring the entire bill.
2. If you would like a receipt, please return the entire bill with a self-addressed stamped envelope. No receipt will be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope and the entire bill.
3. If you have received this bill in error and/or the bill is to be paid by someone other than you, please forward the bill to property party for payment. If your taxes are paid by your mortgage company, please forward them the bill as soon as possible.
4. Payments may be made by Check, Money Order, Cash, or by Credit Card. Payments may be combined onto one check. Payments may be made via credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) through Official Payments by phone 800-272-9829 (use Jurisdiction Code 4887) or online www.officialpayments.com. Please Note: A convenience fee of 3% will be charged for using this service. The fee is paid directly to Official Payments. Neither the tax office nor the taxing bodies receive any portion of this fee.
5. If the first installment of the School real estate taxes is paid, the additional two installment coupons will be mailed the beginning of September. The second and third payments will be equal to the first and due September 15th and October 15th, respectively.
6. No partial payments, other than those outlined in the installment plan above, can be accepted and no post-dated checks are accepted. Payments must be received by the due date on the tax bill or must be postmarked on or before its due date by the United States Postal Service. Any incorrect amounts or late postmarks will be returned to the sender. Postage meter dates are not valid proof of mailing and will not be accepted as proof of mailing.
7. A $30.00 fee will be charged for any returned check.
8. Under Pennsylvania law, taxpayers are responsible for their taxes regardless of whether or not they have received their bill. PL1050 states, "Failure to receive notice shall not relieve any taxpayer from the payment of any taxes imposed by any taxing district, and such taxpayer shall be charged with his taxes as though he had received notice."
9. Payments may be made via a marked, secure drop box on the exterior wall at the rear of 1954 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464, outside the door to the tax office entrance. Cash payments will not be accepted via the drop box and the tax office assumes no responsibility for any cash payments placed in the box. Payments received in the drop box prior to the expiration of the period will be credited for the appropriate period.
10. Taxes unpaid after December 31st will be forwarded to the appropriate party for collection.
11. Personal checks will not be accepted between December 15th and December 31st. Only guaranteed funds (cash, money order, certified check) will be accepted.