This most commonly happens if you refinanced, or in any way changed the information on your tax bill. First, do not worry. Your tax agent probably knows they owe the taxes and will usually pay them anyway. To correct the mailing of the bill, ask your bank or lender to request in writing a change of mailing from the Treasurer’s Office. This must be in writing to conform to the law.
Most of your taxes go to support the schools in your district. If you will refer to the Tax Rate Table, you will see your taxes expressed in mills for your district and where they go.
The day after the due date on the current tax bill. There are no individual extensions.
Yes. New USPS policy states that mail will not be postmarked the day it is dropped off at the post office or placed in a USPS box. It will be postmarked at the processing facility within 1-2 days of drop off.
To ensure a postmark is timely, you must go to the USPS counter and request a postal employee to manually postmark, or “hand-cancel”, your item.
Ohio Revised Code 323.121 requires a penalty of ten (10%) percent to be added to the current taxes due. If paid within 10 days after the due date 1/2 of 10% is charged. If the taxes become a full year delinquent, the penalty is compounded and interest is added for a full year delinquency if not paid by December of that year.
Yes. Failure to receive a tax bill does not excuse or delay the payment nor does it excuse any penalty or interest. Taxes are mailed in January to be paid in February and again in June to be paid in July of each year. The due date is published in the Community Journal and The Clermont Sun approximately 10 days prior to the due date.
If your taxes become delinquent more than a year and a half, the Treasurer will file with the County Prosecutor’s Office to sell the property at Sheriff’s auction.
Yes. You can pay your real estate, manufactured home and personal property taxes with a credit card or by eCheck via the telephone or the Internet. This service is provided by MSB. All major credit cards are accepted. Before using this service you should be aware that there is a convenience fee charged by MSB for use of this system. This Fee is in no way charged by the Clermont County Treasurer’s Office.
You pay for the time you lived in or owned the property – that would be last year. Since you have not lived in or owned the property for this full year, you do not pay for this year until next year.
You should have been credited at the closing for the tax owing for the part of the year you did not own the property. You will need to check your closing documents to verify this fact. If you have any questions regarding your closing, you will need to contact your closing agent. Please understand that real property tax is attached to the real estate and not to the owner.
As stated above, the owner of the record receives the tax bill and is responsible for the taxes. If at the closing of the sale of the property, you paid the taxes to the new owner, or to the closing agent, you may wish to call them or forward the bill.