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Yes, you may pay your property taxes on-line here. YOU MUST KNOW YOUR PARCEL ID NUMBER. You may look up your parcel ID number here.
Processing fees will apply and will be charged by our payment processor, Municipay. E-check payments will be charged a flat $1.50 fee. Credit Card payments will be charged a flat $3 for transactions under $113 or a 2.65% fee for transactions greater than $113.
Property taxes can be paid in person at the Clerk/Treasurer's Office, by mail, or through automatic tax payments. Checks and Money Orders should be made payable to the City of Burlington.
Payments can be mailed to:
City of Burlington
Attn: Property Taxes
PO Box 22086
Albany, NY 12201-2086
You will need to fill out a Change of Mailing Address Form and return it to the Assessor's Office.
Failure to pay any outstanding FY2020 property taxes by Monday, June 22, 2020 will cause your account to become delinquent. Payments must be received in the Clerk Treasurer's Office by 4:30pm, postmarked, or paid online no later than Monday, June 22, 2020. June 23, 2020 and later postmaks by the US Post Office or payments left at City Hall or paid online after June 22, 2020 will be late and cause your account to become delinquent and placed on the delinquent tax warrant. You will be charged a onetime 8% (eight percent) Delinquent Penalty fee and a $1.00 Warrant Fee on any outstanding taxes, and any interest already accrued for this fiscal year will still be due. If the outstanding amount includes your fourth quarter tax installment, you will be charged an additionl 4% (four percent) interest on the installment amount.
No, there is not
No, but envelopes postmarked on or before the due date will be accepted without penalty.
You have the right to appeal the penalty to the Board of Abatement of Taxes. However, interest will continue to be added to any delinquent taxes
When the due date falls on a weekend or holiday, payments will be accepted without penalty until the next business day.
Property taxes are divided into quarterly payments. Payments are due on the 12th of August, November, March, and June each year. In the event that the 12th falls on a weekend, payments are due the next business day.
Tax bills are mailed each year in July
