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Tax Collection Information |
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Tax Bills 2006 Grand List |
All tax bills on the October 1, 2006 Grand List have been mailed. Residents missing any tax bills should contact the Tax Office at 253-6340. Taxes must be paid by August 1, 2007 to avoid any interest charges. The tax office is located on the main floor of the Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield. Tax office phones have been extremely busy so we ask that residents to keep trying to get through if they are unable to speak to a staff member.
Real estate taxes are assessed on all real property owned in the Town of Enfield. The Tax Assessor assesses real estate and taxes are computed and collected by the Tax Collector. Taxes are computed for the full fiscal year which runs July 1 through June 30 of the following year, but are paid in two installments due July 1 and January 1. The Town of Enfield with the first installment of the town tax, collects Fire District taxes, but each fire district sets fire district mill rates.
All real estate taxes not paid on or before the first business day of the month following the due date are subject to interest at the rate of 1 ½% per month (18% per year) from the due date, on the unpaid balance of the installment due. If a taxpayer does not receive a bill, they should contact the tax collector to get a copy. Failure to receive a tax bill does not invalidate the tax or the interest. There is not a charge for copies of tax bills.
Banks and mortgage companies pay real estate taxes for property owners that escrow with them. Each year the banks and mortgage companies must request tax bills from the tax collector’s office for bill for which they have an escrow account. The tax collector’s office does not know which bank to send the tax bill to unless the bank notifies them. Individuals that receive a bill that is to be paid by a bank or Mortgage Company should put their account number on the bill and forward it to their bank or mortgage company.
Property owners receive bills with the record owner as of the Grand List date. By law, this owner’s name must remain on the bill until the next assessment date. We add new owners' names as they become available to us.
If you pay off your mortgage, please notify our office so we may update our records. Second installment bills are mailed for the January 1 taxes after November 24.
Regular Motor Vehicle Taxes
Motor Vehicle taxes due on July 1 are for registered motor vehicles as of October 1. The tax bill covers the period of October 1 through September 30.
Motor vehicle taxes are due in full, in one installment on July 1. In addition to the town tax, a fire district tax is added to each and every motor vehicle tax bill and is included in the total due.
All information concerning motor vehicle taxes is based on how a motor vehicle was registered as of October 1. If you moved out of Enfield prior to October 1, but did not change the address on your motor vehicle registration, your bill was mailed to the address on the registration that the Department of Motor Vehicles had as of October 1. Changing the address on your motor vehicle driver’s license does not change the address on your registration. You must do this separately. Also, in order to cancel a registration you must notify the department of motor vehicles either in writing or by turning in your plate at your local Department of Motor Vehicles branch.
The Department of Motor Vehicles DOES NOT notify us when you no longer have a motor vehicle.
It is your responsibility to notify the Assessor if you no longer own a motor vehicle. Please contact their office at 253-6339 for more information.
If car taxes have not been paid, your name has been reported to the department of Motor Vehicles for having delinquent motor vehicle taxes. ALL outstanding motor vehicle taxes in your name must be paid by cash, bank check or money order to receive a clearance to register a car. If you pay your delinquent motor vehicles with a personal or business check, you must wait ten (10) business days from the date that we deposit your check before we will issue a clearance.
If you receive a tax bill for a car that you no longer own, and you have not transferred the registration to another car, you may be eligible to have your bill pro-rated. Please contact the ASSESSOR at 253-6339 for more information.
All municipal taxes are collectable for 15 years from the original due date of the tax. Interest will accrue for the full period of time that a tax is delinquent and may not be waived by the tax staff, the tax collector or any other municipal official.
Supplemental Motor Vehicle Taxes
Supplemental Motor Vehicle taxes are on cars newly registered after October 1 but before July 31. The bill becomes due and payable the following January 1.
Supplemental motor vehicle taxes are pro-rated from the month the vehicle is first registered. If you transferred your plates from a car that you paid taxes on in July; you will receive credit on the supplemental tax bill for the portion of the year that you did not own your old vehicle.
Personal Property taxes are primarily for the furniture, fixtures and equipment in business in the Town of Enfield, but they may also include unregistered motor vehicles. Personal property assessed on the October 1st Grand List is taxed, due and payable on July 1st and January 1st, providing the total town tax is over $100. A fire district tax is also added to the July 1st installment.
Personal property taxes are not pro-rated if a business closes or is sold. The tax is for what was assessed on October 1.
How to Request Copies of Paid Tax Bills
We do not give information regarding taxes paid over the phone. To get a copy of your receipt of taxes paid for the previous calendar tax year, we must have the request in writing. There is a copying charge of .50 for each copy of a receipt of taxes paid.
Due to the personal nature of this information and the large volume of requests, we cannot accept faxed requests or fax information.
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