Vermilion County’s 2019 Real Estate Tax Bills are hitting the mail today (Friday, May 1, 2020). County Treasurer Darren Duncan says the bills are going out on schedule per state statute, but with an extension before a penalty is applied for those who pay late.
The first installment of tax bills will be due June 12th, and the second half of the bills is due September 4th. Duncan is giving taxpayers three extra months to pay the first part of the bill without a late penalty.
The waiver of penalty does not apply to banks and mortgage companies that have already collected property taxes and are holding them in escrow. Many taxing bodies like schools, fire districts, community colleges, townships and others still need to operate to provide services to citizens. And Duncan says the tax money in escrow will be essential to keeping those local entities open and functioning.
