Important Information Regarding Your 2024-2025 Property Tax Bill
2024-2025 Property Tax Bills were mailed to property owners this week. Taxes may be paid upon receipt or can be paid by the due dates on the bill. The first installment must be paid no later than September 16, 2024, and the second installment must be paid no later than March 17, 2025. Payments must be paid by the due dates to avoid an 8% penalty. Postmarks will not be accepted. If you have bill pay set up through your bank, please make sure they are aware of when payment needs to be received to be considered on time.
IMPORTANT! This is the only property tax bill you will receive.
- Retain for second installment payment information
- Keep the bill for your 2024 income tax filing
Checks should be made payable to the “City of Essex Junction” and may be paid in person at the City Office (2 Lincoln Street) or left in the payment drop box (please include the stub with your payment to provide us with the correct account number). The city office is open to the public and is accepting in-person payments. To request a receipt, please email clerks@essexjunction.org.
Credit and debit cards are accepted at the City Office (2 Lincoln Street), by phone at 888-877-0450, or on our online payment system. Convenience fees will be charged (3%, no minimum). There is also an E-check option available. Paying by E-check includes a flat $1.50 convenience fee.
Automatic Tax Payments
Another payment option is to sign up for the free automatic tax payment program. Enroll by filling out the form below and send it with a voided check to City of Essex Junction, Attn: Finance, 2 Lincoln Street, Essex Jct. VT 05452. Installment amounts would be automatically deducted from your bank account on the due date.
Automatic Tax Payment Form (PDF)
Your Property Tax Bill
The mailed property tax bill is for City tax rates only. The tax rates on your bill are:
General – this is the property tax used to fund general operations of the City of Essex Junction.
Local Agreements - This is for the education tax only on parcels with a Veteran’s exemption as authorized by the voters.
Economic Development – this is a 1 cent tax approved by the voters at the annual meeting in 2021 for the purpose of funding capital improvement projects related to economic development within the City of Essex Junction.
Delinquent Taxes
If you owe taxes for prior years, be advised that amounts due related to the 2022 tax year and after are payable to the City of Essex Junction. If you owe taxes for years prior to 2022, those amounts are payable to the Town of Essex, as they were billed when the Town and Village were combined. Delinquent tax payments must be made to the respective Clerk’s office where the balance is due (Town or City).
Questions & Due Date
For questions about the tax bill, or if you need a copy of your bill, please call the City Office at 802-878-6944, option 7, or email tax@essexjunction.org. Payments received after the due date are considered delinquent. Any amounts that remain unpaid will be charged an 8% penalty. Interest of 1% will be charged on the 16th of each month, beginning 30 days after the due date.
Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §1535, taxpayers have the right to seek relief from the Board of Abatement for the reasons outlined in the statute.