(Washington, DC) The Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) announced today that more than 150,000 real property tax bills for the 2007 second-half real property tax year have been mailed to District property owners. These tax bills reflect current as well as any past due real property tax liabilities.

If property owners do not receive a bill in the mail by August 30, they should call OTR’s Customer Service Center at (202) 727-4TAX (4829). Failure to receive a tax bill does not excuse individuals from paying taxes owed. If the property owner’s mortgage company pays their real property tax bill, the property owner must ensure that payments are made by the due date.

The due date for payment of real property taxes is September 17, since the statutory deadline of September 15 falls on a Saturday this year. If a tax payment is late, the property owner will be charged a 10 percent penalty and interest at the rate of 1.5 percent for each full or partial month the payment is late.

Property owners are reminded that they can also pay their real property taxes online by using OTR’s free eCheck payment system. This convenient and easy-to-use system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you are a property owner who is delinquent in his or her real property tax payments and owe taxes from real property tax year 2006 or prior, the real property tax lien may have been sold at tax sale. 

The District of Columbia offers several programs to assist property owners and first-time homebuyers with their real property tax bills.  For more information, visit the Taxpayer Service Center, call (202) 727-4TAX, or visit OTR’s Customer Service Walk-In Center at 941 North Capitol Street, NE, on the first floor.