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- Elected tax collector will no longer collect school property tax in Towanda Borough
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| Elected tax collector will no longer collect school property tax in Towanda Borough Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:28 PM PDT TOWANDA - The Towanda Borough tax collector, Dixie Cabucci, will no longer collect the school real estate tax from people who own homes or other property in Towanda Borough. Instead, the tax will be collected by the Towanda Area School District, said Doreen Secor, business manager for the school district. Cabucci has appointed the Towanda Area School District as her deputy tax collector for the collection of school real estate taxes in Towanda Borough, according to a written agreement between Cabucci and the Towanda Area School Board, which was approved by Cabucci and the school board earlier this month. Cabucci said the new arrangement will be in effect for one year, to see how it will work out. "I think this will help the taxpayers in town," as it will reduce the cost of collecting the tax, Cabucci said. The new arrangement will probably save the school district between $3,000 and $4,000 in collection costs annually, Secor said. The new arrangement will begin with the school real estate tax bills that will be sent out on July 1, Cabucci said. Cabucci will continue to collect the borough and county real estate taxes for people who own property in Towanda Borough, Cabucci said. The borough and county real estate tax bills are mailed out on March 1. In addition, Cabucci will continue to collect the Towanda Borough per capita tax and the Towanda Borough occupation tax, Cabucci said. The new arrangement does not affect people who own property in the other municipalities in the Towanda Area School District, which are North Towanda, Asylum, Wysox, Standing Stone, Franklin, Monroe, and Towanda townships and Monroe Borough, Secor said. "Nothing will change for them," Secor said. Under the new arrangement, the Citizens & Northern Bank will process the school real estate tax payments for the school district, Secor said. People who own property in Towanda Borough will now have several options for paying their school real estate tax, Secor said. They can take their payment to any branch of the Citizens & Northern Bank, she said. Or, they can bring their payment to the Towanda Area School District business office, which is located in the Towanda Area Elementary School at the intersection of Western Avenue and State Street in Towanda Borough, Secor said. Alternatively, they can mail the tax payment to the Towanda Area School District lock box. The mailing address for the lock box will be printed on the tax bills, Secor said. Still another way to pay the school property tax is at the Towanda Area School District's Web site, she said. For people who own property in Towanda Borough, the options for paying the school property tax will be the same as they are for paying the school occupation tax, she said. The new arrangement will save the school district money because it will no longer pay Cabucci $3.40 for each tax bill that she is able to collect, Cabucci said. Secor said the new arrangement is more economical because there is less time spent manually entering information on a computer keyboard. Cabucci said the new arrangement is permitted under state law. Secor said that there are other school districts that have a similar arrangement in place for collecting the school property tax. Secor said that Cabucci approached the school district about entering into the new arrangement. Cabucci said she proposed the new arrangement partly because it will save the school district money and partly for a personal reason. She declined to say what the personal reason is. The school district will send out a postcard in the coming days to inform people who own property in Towanda Borough of the new arrangement, Secor said. James Loewenstein can be reached at (570) 265-1633; or e-mail: jloewenstein@thedailyreview.com Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:16 AM PDT
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| CJOB News Team reporting 6/28/2010 If you haven't made your property tax payment yet, you've got until Wednesday at 4:30 pm or you will be subject to a penalty for late payment. To make things easier for you, Assessment and Taxation staff will be outside at James Avenue and King Street accepting payments as part of the annual "Drive by, drop off" option. Approximately 211 thousand property tax bills were mailed out by the City of Winnipeg. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:22 PM PDT More than 62,000 town tax bills were mailed on Monday seeking payment for real estate, business, personal property and motor vehicles taxes due July 1. The bills must be paid no later than August 2 to avoid a penalty for late payment, Tax Collector Helene Lefkowitz said Monday. A referendum earlier this month delayed the preparation of the bills because officials were not sure if the $216.7 million budget would win taxpayer approval. It did. So the bills mailed Monday reflect the new tax rate of 38.38 mills, a 2.24 percent increase. The new rate requires paymernt of $38.38 for every $1,000 of assessed property. The rate for the towen budget that ends June 30 is 37.54 mills. —Bill Leukhardt Copyright © 2010, The Hartford Courant  Currently there are no comments. Be the first to comment! Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| N.J. Assembly Democrats to study Christie's property tax cap plan Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:26 AM PDT Assembly Democrats this summer will study Governor Christie's proposals to cap property tax growth at 2.5 percent cap and his 33-bill "toolkit" to help towns meet it. Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) and Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) announced Monday that 12 Assembly Democrats will lead the study of the proposals, and will study some Democratic ideas as well. They billed is as an "in-depth review of bipartisan ideas" and said the lawmakers will hold public hearings on them "at their discretion." "This will be an extensive effort over the summer to properly analyze reforms put forth by Democrats and Republicans and develop a real plan of action to bring relief to taxpayers. This is going to be a thorough review that brings smart reform to New Jersey," said Oliver. Both houses of the Legislature are today expected to vote on a bill capping property tax growth at 2.9 percent – an alternative to Christie's proposed constitutional cap but with more exceptions that will allow towns to exceed it. Under Christie's proposal, the Legislature would have to put the cap on the ballot as a constitutional amendment to be approved by voters. But for Christie's idea to make in on the ballot by November, it would have to clear committees in both houses of the Legislature by July 7. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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