As we approach tax time, please note that in August 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) moved the postmark process from local application to regional sorting centers. This means that postmarks are not made when your item is first touched by USPS, but is now stamped at regional sorting centers.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬?
Your postmark could be several days after you put your payment in your mailbox. If you plan to pay your property taxes by mail, please don’t wait until right before the deadline to put it in the mail. Many federal and state laws define timely payment based off the USPS postmark, meaning payments may be considered delinquent if they are mailed too close to the deadline – even if they were, in fact, placed in a mailbox before the deadline.

𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.