Due Date Of Real Estate And Personal Taxes Extended In Grafton

Press release from the Town of Grafton:

April 28, 2020

Important Information Regarding Your Tax Bills Under “An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting From COVID-19,” Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020, the Town of Grafton has adopted local options to extend due dates for real and personal property tax payments and a waiver of interest on certain municipal tax and other bills paid by June 29th 2020.

1. The due date of real estate and personal property tax bills has been extended to June 1, 2020 – June 1, 2020 is the new due date even if the due date for payment on your previously mailed tax bill is May 1, 2020.

2. Local option to waive interest on certain payments made after due dates - The Town of Grafton has also exercised our option to waive interest and other penalty for late payment of any excise, tax, betterment assessment or apportionment thereof, water rate or annual sewer use or other charge added to a tax for any payments with a due date on or after March 10, 2020 where payment is made late but before June 29, 2020. This applies to late payments of bills that have a due date of March 10, 2020 or after, when such bills are paid late but paid on or before June 29. This waiver of interest does not apply to bills with due dates before March 10, 2020 or if the bill is not paid by June 29.

Example: If a bill due March 10, 2020 or after is paid late, but no later than June 29, 2020, no interest is charged. If the payment is received on June 30, 2020 or after, it is paid too late for the waiver to apply. Interest will run from the date the bill is due to June 30, 2020 (or the date after June 30th that it is paid).

NOTE: If the municipal offices are closed on the June 1, 2020 as a result of the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus or the declaration of a state of emergency issued by the governor on March 10, 2020, the due dates are not extended – they will be due on June 1, 2020 even if the municipal offices remain closed. (See section 10(b) of the Act.)

To make a payment, please pay online at www.grafton-ma.gov and click Pay Bills Online. Follow the link under Current Taxes Due which will bring you to our bank’s secure Unipay website.

Mail payments to Treasurer/Collectors Office, 30 Providence Rd. Grafton MA 01519 OR drop check payments (no cash) off at the GOLD drop box located at the front door of the Municipal Center.

For any questions regarding payments, please leave a voicemail with the Treasurer Collector at 508-839-5335 Ext 1170 and someone will get back to you asap.

This press release was produced by the Town of Grafton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.