Guilford County Tax Director Ben Chavis is an ordained minister and a very nice guy. However, when it comes to showing forgiveness for not paying your property taxes, don’t expect very much if you don’t pay.
The Guilford County Tax Department consistently has one of the highest collection rates in the state and, more than 99 percent of the time, the department will get that money out of you one way or another.
You should get your new tax bill soon if you haven’t already and, this week, Guilford County offered some advice on how to make it easy for you to pay on time.
This year the department is sending out about 225,000 tax notices in mid-July and it wants everyone – well, property owners, that is – to know the key due dates in the collection process and the help that’s available for some.
The first item of business is preparing everyone for the major tax bill increase they are likely to see. That’s not the Tax Department’s fault. That’s the decision of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners who chose to keep the tax rate the same despite the fact that the current rate will bring in a massive amount of addition revenue.
Here is one paragraph. Below, in almost all instances, you can replace the word “different” with the word “higher” in the following.
“The property tax owed is based on your 2022 reappraised value,” the press release states. “Guilford County calculates the property tax owed by using your 2022 reappraised value, which is the market value of the property as of January 1, 2022. Guilford County reappraises properties every five years, so it is likely the 2022 property tax owed will be different from previous years. For more information on reappraisals or to view your property’s 2022 reappraisal information, visit the 2022 Reappraisal website.”
There is a way to get a tax break: If you pay by Wednesday, Aug. 31, you will get a 0.5 percent discount for early payment and the last day to pay is Thursday, Jan. 5 of next year. Failure to pay by January 5 will result in interest payments added to your bill and “enforced collections may begin.”
If you don’t want to send a check in the mail, you can pay online like this:
- Visit my.guilfordcountync.gov or download the myGuilfordCounty app.
- Create an account or use your myNCDMV credentials to login.
- Locate your information and pay your property tax bill.
- Your account is instantly credited and you will receive confirmation that your tax bill has been paid.
Note, there are some programs that help those in certain circumstances who are unable to pay. The Tax Department can discussion those options with you.
Also, if your property taxes are paid through an escrow account – which is about 40 percent of the property owners in Guilford County – you are still responsible for checking to see that that payments is made on time.
For more information, visit www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/tax, email the tax department at indtax@guilfordcountync.gov or call 336-641-3363.
My statements arrived on 07/13; I’m feeling the pain!
I didn’t see any mention in the article about Guilford County sending all property owners a complimentary tube of K-Y with their tax bill. They could at least do that for everyone.
Still waiting for mine, although I’ve already calculated the increase. Last year’s came in on the 10th or 11th. I hope everyone takes a hard look at how much they’re contributing to Skippy’s coffers.
Do they have a payment plan?
Yeah, pay by the due date.
Your headline is hilarious. “Easy to pay”.
Hey Scott, if my tax bill is easy to pay… please, be my guest and pay it for me (it’s 3 Grand).
There should be a law against raising property tax 39%. This is what we get by not voting in local elections. Need to have march on county courthouse.
No, it is not easy to pay.
Who got an after tax raise equal to the raise of your property taxes? Could it have been council members?
You didn’t mention that if you pain online there is a “Convenience Fee” ……the ultimate slap in the face! Still have time to vote them all out!
Does anyone else thing it’s really weird that if you mail a check for the property taxes, it goes to a PO box in Charlotte?? I emailed and did get a pretty quick response….. but I still think it’s bizarre
“Thank you for your inquiry! Guilford County has almost 200,000 parcels, not to include personal and business property we receive payments for each year. In a world where people pay their bills in a variety of ways, we need options to receive money safely and efficiently, therefore we use a lockbox banking service in Charlotte. The lockbox assist us in improving productivity by automating a manual process which we do not have the personnel to handle the amount of parcels and mail we receive daily.
Please see alternate payment options below:
1. https://my.guilfordcountync.gov/ (credit and debit cards only)
2. Call: 336-203-7795 (credit & debit cards only)
3. Mail your check or money order to: PO Box 71072, Charlotte, NC 28272-1072(No CASH Please)
4. 24/7 Drop Box located at 400 W. Market Street Greensboro
5. 24/7 Drop Box located at 325 E Russell Avenue High Point
The Guilford County Tax Department uses a service called Payit that allows you to pay tax bills online, by phone, or in person. Payit collects processing and/or transaction fees to deliver quality services more efficiently with no upfront costs to Guilford County. The Guilford County Tax Department does not collect or benefit from the transaction/processing fees.
– Web/Mobile and Phone payments: 1.85% of transaction amount processing fee + $2.00 transaction fee
– ACH/e-Check payments: $1.25 per transaction amount processing fee + $2.00 transaction fee
– Point of Sale (in person) payments: 2.35% of transaction amount processing fee
I hope this helps. This information is also available on our website at https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/tax.
Kind regards,
Danyel McFadden
Tax Supervisor
Tax Department
Guilford County Government
400 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
336-641-4858 | f: 336-641-4867
dmcfadd@guilfordcountync.gov | http://www.guilfordcountync.gov“
So you’d rather pay salary & benefits for extra staff to process tax payments instead of paying a company a fee to do the same work? Also, I would imagine tax payments are a seasonal occurrence.