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Tax bills are mailed on or soon after November 1. The first half is due by December 20. If the first half is not paid by then, it begins to accrue interest. If the first half is paid by December 20, the last half will be due by May 10 of the following year. Second half reminders are mailed around the first of April. Real
Estate Taxes: Personal Property Taxes: All tax bill corrections are issued by the Haskell County Appraiser. The County Treasurer's office receives this information and issues a corrected real estate or personal property tax bill. Reductions will be reflected on the second half payment if taxes are not paid in full. Fully paid taxes with a reduction will create an overage resulting in a refund. 1. If you have not had a meeting with the County Appraiser on the valuation of your property for the same tax year, you can file a protest. Protest forms are available from the County Treasurer or online (above on this page). 2. Please read and follow the instructions on the form carefully for a successful appeal. Note: If the protest form is received in the Treasurer's office unsigned and/or not notarized, the protest will be considered invalid and will be returned to you. The delay may jeopardize your chances for a hearing. 3. Tax protest forms must be completed, then signed in front of a Notary Public before sending to the Treasurer's office on or before December 20. If the taxes are paid by an escrow agent in full (not first half), you have until January 31 of the following year to file your protest. 4. You must keep a copy of the notarized protest form. You will need to use this form to file the protest with the Board of Tax Appeals if you are not satisfied with the County's decision. 5. The County Appraiser will contact you to schedule an informal meeting after the County Treasurer forwards your protest form to the Appraiser. If you are filing a protest on the basis of an illegal tax levy, an Appendix must be completed and attached to the protest form. Those protest forms will be mailed by the Treasurer to the State Board of Tax Appeals. No informal hearing will be held with the Appraiser in the case of illegal tax levies. 6. If you are successful in your appeal and your taxes are reduced and result in a refund, payment will be issued upon the Treasurer receiving a correction from the County Appraiser's office. If you have an escrow account for your real estate taxes with a mortgage company, the mortgage company should receive the tax statement. If you do receive the tax statement instead of the mortgage company, we ask you to forward it to the mortgage company so they can pay taxes from the escrow account. We also ask you to have your current mortgage company notify the County Treasurer's office so that we can get the correct billing information from them. Mortgage companies are required by Federal Law to make half payments, so they will be paying taxes on or before December 20 and on or before May 10. Past due notices are sent to the homeowner, not to the escrow agent. If the mortgage company was to have paid these taxes, you must inform them that the Treasurer's office for the County did not receive the payment. If there are any questions, the mortgage company needs to call the County Treasurer's office at 620-675-2265. Delinquent real estate taxes not paid within three years are referred to the County Counselor for foreclosure action, thus putting the property in jeopardy of being sold at auction. Details of Tax Foreclosure Sales may be obtained by requesting a list from the Haskell County Treasurer's office. This information will also be available online at the time of a tax sale. Publication of
Delinquent Real Estate Taxes: Publication of
Delinquent Personal Property Taxes: *Haskell County Monitor Chief The Haskell County Treasurer has formally instituted a program whereby any taxpayer may make monthly payments to a tax escrow account. You need to come to the Treasurer's Office to sign up for this option. This program is designed for any taxpayer to make 12 monthly payments in order to spread his/her tax liability throughout the year, as opposed to either a half or full payment in late December. Monthly payments will be set by using an estimate on the previous year's taxes. Should the escrow account come up short, the taxpayer would be notified in November of any outstanding balance, thereby allowing the taxpayer sufficient time to pay the balance by the mandated due date.
The Haskell County Treasurer has formally instituted a program whereby any taxpayer can sign up to make monthly payments on delinquent taxes. Come in to the Treasurer's Office to sign the papers necessary to do this.
The following is a list
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Q. When should I receive my tax
bill?
A. You should receive your real estate and personal property
tax statement for the current year by the middle part of November. If only
the first half of the current year taxes are paid in December, the second
half tax reminders are mailed out April 1. If the full amount was paid in
December, you should not receive a second half reminder.
Q. What if my mortgage company
pays my real estate taxes and I received the tax bill?
A. If you have an escrow account for your real estate
taxes with a mortgage company, the mortgage company should receive the tax
statement. If you do receive the tax statement instead of the mortgage company,
we ask you to forward it to the mortgage company so they can pay taxes from
the escrow account. We also ask you to have your current mortgage company
notify the County Treasurer's office so that we can get the correct billing
information from them.
Q. What should I do if I don't
receive a tax bill?
A. If you are to receive a statement but do not by the
end of November, please contact the County Treasurer's office at 620-675-2265.
Q. When are my real estate taxes
due?
A. If you are responsible for
paying taxes on a home or other real estate
property, the full amount could be paid or the half amount on or before December
20 of that tax year. If the first half is paid, the second half of that year's
taxes are due on or before May 10 of the following year.
Mortgage companies are required by Federal Law to make half payments, so they will be paying taxes on or before December 20 and on or before May 10.
Q. What happens
if I don't pay my real estate taxes on time?
A. If the first half of the
current year real estate taxes are not paid by December 20, interest will
start accruing December 21. You should receive a delinquent real estate tax
reminder the first week of January.
If the mortgage company was to have paid these taxes, you must inform them that the Treasurer's office for the County did not receive the payment. If there are any questions, the mortgage company needs to call the County Treasurer's office at 620-675-2265.
You or the mortgage company can pay the first half of the current year taxes with interest up until May 10. After May 10, if the first half of the real estate taxes has not been paid, the full amount of the current year tax plus interest will have to be paid. If the current year tax has not been paid by the first of August, there will be an additional fee of $16.00 for advertising. Haskell County is required by Kansas State law (KSA79-2303) to publish a list of unpaid real estate taxes.
If taxes go unpaid by the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, taxes will be put on the delinquent tax roll, and it becomes a lien on the real estate. If you want to pay delinquent years, Kansas State Law (KSA79-2401A) requires that the most delinquent year be paid first. Example: If you have taxes owing for 1993, 1994, and 1995, the full amount for 1993 must be paid before payment for the 1994 and 1995, or, of course, you can pay all the years at once.
Q. When would my real estate property
be up for tax sale?
A. Real estate property taxes three years delinquent
are subject to a tax foreclosure action and public sale.
Q. When are my personal property
taxes due?
A. The first half of the personal property taxes are
due on or before December 20. If you pay the first half of the personal property
taxes in December, the second half is due on or before May 10 of the following
year.
Q. What
happens if I don't pay my personal property taxes on time?
A. If the first half of the
personal property taxes are not paid by December 20, the full tax amount plus
interest becomes due, starting December 21. Delinquent notices for personal
property are sent out the third week in February. If they are not paid, warrants
are issued. Warrants are issued 30 days after notices are mailed. Tax warrants
go to the County Sheriff for collection of delinquent taxes, interest, and
sheriff fees. Payments are payable to the County Treasurer.
If you paid the first half of your personal property taxes on time, the second half of the personal property taxes are due on or before May 10. If these taxes are not paid by May 10, interest will begin to accrue.
Delinquent personal property tax notices are mailed on or before July 27. If they are not paid, tax warrants are issued by August 15. All delinquent personal property tax must be paid at the County Treasurer's office. Kansas State Law (KSA79-2017) requires delinquent personal property to be advertised in October. If you have any previous years owing on personal property tax, they must be paid at the County Treasurer's office.
Q. What is the interest charged
on delinquent taxes?
A. At the current time, it is11% annually. This is subject
to change without notice.
Q. Can I make partial payments
on my taxes?
A. No. Depending on the time of year, you can only make
half or full payment. Partial payments can only be made through the
Tax Escrow Program or the Delinquent
Tax Payment Program.
Q. What type of payment is acceptable
for tax payment?
A. You may use a personal check, money order, cashier's
check, cash, or credit card. You may also pay online with an e-check or credit
card. There is an additional user fee to pay by credit card.
Q. To whom do I make my check out?
A. For real estate and personal
property tax statements and reminders, make checks payable to Haskell County
Treasurer. For personal property tax warrants, checks should be made out to
Haskell County Treasurer.
Q. Where can I pay real estate
and personal property taxes?
A. You may pay your taxes at our office located at the
Treasurer's Office, County Courthouse, 300 S. Inman, Sublette, Ks. 67877.
You may also pay current taxes online at www.haskellcounty.org
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Q. To where can I mail my tax payment?
A. The Haskell County Treasurer, P.O. Box 578, Sublette,
Ks. 67877.
Q. Why do I have to pay the user
fee?
A. Unlike a retail business, whose credit card fees are
hidden in the cost of the merchandise, the County Treasurer's office uses
the option of Official Payment Corp. as a service to the individual taxpayer.
The fee is remitted to Official Payment Corp.
Q. Can I pay my taxes by credit
card over the phone?
A. Yes. Call 620-675-2265 with tax and credit card information.
Q. How will the charge show on my credit card
statement?
A. The charge will show as a purchase on your statement.