When would my payment be considered late?

All property tax bills are due and payable on July 1. They must be paid or postmarked on or before August 1 to avoid interest charges. Interest begins accruing from the due date, July 1. An interest rate of 1 ½% per month (for a total of 18% per year) is applied to unpaid balances. Example: if payment is made or postmarked August 2 then the interest is 3%. Minimum interest charges are $2.00 per unpaid bill. Example: your bill includes 3 motor vehicles. Each vehicle tax will accrue an interest penalty separately (not on the total of the three bills).  In the Town of Pomfret, we combine your Town and Fire District bills but each is a separate entity. Therefore, the minimum charge of $2.00 will be charged for each entity (in other words, minimum interest charges will be $4.00 per bill). The January payment must be paid or postmarked on or before February 1.

PLEASE NOTE:  If you use your financial institution’s ‘electronic bill pay’ service, checks from your bank must be RECEIVED by the last day to pay, or you will be charged interest.  These checks are NOT postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service.  Normally, the postmark controls, but if there is no postmark, timeliness depends solely upon the tax collector’s RECEIPT of your payment.  If you use your own bank’s ‘electronic bill pay’ or ‘pay by phone’ services, please process your transaction early enough to ensure your payment reaches us on or before the last day to pay.