New Canaan Defers Tax, Sewer Fee Collection For 90 Days

Press release from the Town of New Canaan:

Dec. 21, 2020

The Town of New Canaan is extending the Town Council’s April 22nd deferment program allowing all qualified taxpayers the opportunity to delay, for three months, payments of taxes on real estate, supplemental motor vehicle taxes, and sewer fees.

The extension now allows for the deferment of these payments due January 1, 2021 to April 1, 2021. The tax deferment program is open to all qualified residents, non-profits and businesses, including landlords. To qualify, non-landlord taxpayers must attest that their income has decreased by at least 20% during the emergency period due to layoffs, furloughs, business closures or other factor related to COVID-19.

Landlord taxpayers must attest that their income has decreased by 30%. For those who pay their taxes in escrow, financial institutions will continue to remit property taxes to the Town to meet the original January 1st date. Program instructions and forms are posted on the Tax Collector’s page of the Town website at www.newcanaan.info.

For further information on the tax deferral program, contact: Lunda Asmani, Chief Financial Officer, 203-594-3024 or email Lunda.asmani@newcanaanct.gov

This press release was produced by the Town of New Canaan. The views expressed here are the author's own.