Flagstaff AZ (March 31, 2020) – All 15 County Treasurers are asking Governor Ducey and the Arizona Legislature to extend the delinquency deadline for property owners regarding the second half of 2019 property taxes. These property taxes were due March 1, 2020, but per statute they are not considered delinquent, and thus no interest accrues until May 1st. Counties do not have the legal authority to extend the May 1st delinquency date. County Treasurers have been asking for property tax relief by extending the delinquency date to June 1st so that no interest accrues for an additional thirty days. Only the Governor by Executive Order, or the State Legislature via a law change, can implement this new deadline.
“We understand that this is a very stressful time, especially for those suffering direct effects from this public health crisis. Ensuring the health, safety, and economic tranquility of our citizens is of the utmost importance. All 15 County Treasurers stand together in our commitment to help in any way we can and urge our Governor and Legislature to take immediate action in extending the May 1st property tax delinquency deadline to June 1st,” said Sarah Benatar, Coconino County Treasurer and President of the Arizona County Treasurer’s Association.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact our citizens, many of whom have lost their jobs, the last thing people need to worry about right now is how to pay their property taxes,” said Maricopa County Treasurer Royce Flora. “Some people are struggling with paying rent, utilities, and providing food for their families, so we are asking the Legislature to give us the authority to extend the deadline to pay property taxes to help those families,” he added.
For information on how each county is adapting business in response to COVID-19, please visit the County Treasurer’s website for your county.
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Extend the Tax Payment Due Dates – I work with many large and small local businesses and for some of the property types most severely impacted by Covid-19, this is their number 1 Question, Tax Due dates, what are the penalties and interest if I can’t pay. It is a clear signal that having their businesses closed and no cash flow that something needs to be done to extend the due dates or to help mitigate any penalties and interest.
Extend the Property Tax Appeal Deadlines while we are talking about Property Taxes. Where is our County Assessors making a plea to the governor or the legislature to extend the April Property Tax Appeal Deadlines? We have talked to several county assessors who can’t extend the deadline to file but they have agreed to allow online or email of tax appeal forms, however, some of our largest Counties in Arizona, the Assessor’s Office can’t make a decision or announce that they will accept an email appeal form, so local businesses have to put themselves and others at risk to go from their home to the office to print and mail appeal forms in April.
We have other states showing strong leadership from the Assessment Community and getting extensions done, not just for the tax payment, but for allowing ease of access to the tax appeal system .
Good Job to the Arizona County Treasurers, I talked with some of your offices before this went viral, or at least until all 15 county treasurers a went into full agreement.
Now……where are your County Assessors with some unanimous decision of all assessors to accept appeals by email and ask the Governor for an extension of these April Property Tax Appeal Deadlines coming up??….
Why not bundle both offices with this request , both the Arizona Assessors and Treasurers so that you all are in step with the Business Community and that you address the 1st step , assess the property, 2nd step allow a taxpayer to appeal if they believe the assessment is too high, then treasurer issues a tax bill.
Just get it done. There is no other easy way to put it. Your local business matter too…