Notice to Taxpayers
The taxpayers of the Town of Brattleboro are hereby notified and warned that Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes assessed upon the Grand List of 2018 are now due and payable to the Town Treasurer at the Treasurer’s Office in the Brattleboro Municipal Center, 230 Main Street, Suite 111, Brattleboro, Vermont, in four equal installments as follows:
1stInstallment due August 15, 2018
2ndInstallment due November 15, 2018
3rdInstallment due February 15, 2019
4thInstallment due May 15, 2019
You are further notified that Real Estate and Personal Property tax will be charged interest at the rate of 1% per month on any overdue payment of tax installment, together with any other charged provided by law.
You are further notified that any Real Estate and Personal Property Tax remaining unpaid at 5:00 p.m., May 15, 2019, will be charged an 8% penalty together with any other charges provided by law.
In the event of a default in the payment of any one installment, the entire amount then due under such tax becomes at once payable, and a tax lien may be filed with the Town Clerk against any personal property upon which there are overdue taxes unpaid in whole or in part.
Peter Elwell
Collector of Taxes
Brattleboro, Vermont
Reduce the penalty
8% penalty seems a bit much to me, especially when taxes keep rising and incomes don’t necessarily keep up. Fixed incomes, especially.
I propose 3%. : )