Pay your property taxes? Then you should receive a property tax statement. When you make a payment towards what you owe for your property taxes, you will receive a receipt. This receipt will tell you how much you paid, and your property tax statement will tell you how much you still currently owe.
If you have misplaced, or never got, a property tax statement you should request one. Your local town office should be able to handle the request the day you ask for it. Requesting a property tax statement is as simple as walking into your town office with your id, and requesting a statement. Depending on your town, you may or may not be charged a small fee. Typically though, they like you having this information, and will not scare you away with a fee. Without a statement, it makes it hard to pay your property tax bills and file your state income taxes.
Property taxes are based on your property tax assessment, and are typically due quarterly. Towns will often let you pay your property tax in payments, and will not charge you extra fees unless you are late on a payment. This is why it is of the utmost importance to have a current statement at all times, and to get a receipt after every payment. You need your statement for tax purposes, and will likely have to send in a copy to the IRS each year if you do not want to pay taxes twice. You already paid them to the town, so it gets subtracted from your taxable income, for federal returns.
APA:
Nobles, A. (2010, February 28). Property Tax Statement. Retrieved Month #, Year, from http://www.tax-financials.com/property-tax-statement