{"id":805860,"date":"2020-03-30T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381204"},"modified":"2020-03-30T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:13:36","slug":"summit-county-treasurer-to-waive-interest-on-late-property-tax-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-treasurer-to-waive-interest-on-late-property-tax-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County treasurer to waive interest on late property tax payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/GovernmentWebCard-SDN-1024x638.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Summit County homeowners are getting a brief reprieve on their property tax payments.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit County Treasurer\u2019s Office has released an update to the county\u2019s late payment and delinquent interest policy in response to an executive order signed by Gov. Jared Polis on March 20, which allows county treasurers to change due dates and amounts owed.<\/p>\n<p>From now until April 20, Summit County will accept delinquent first half payments (originally due March 2) without interest. The second payment will be due June 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity for taxpayers to reduce their immediate tax burden and increase their personal or business cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis,\u201d Summit County Treasurer Ryne Scholl said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the executive order, county treasurers didn\u2019t have the authority to make changes. Scholl noted that if either the state Legislature or governor extend the policy beyond April 20, he would readdress any future changes.<\/p>\n<p>The policy does not extend to accounts where the taxes are remitted by a mortgage company through a taxpayer\u2019s escrow account or by a title company as part of a real estate closing.<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers can get updated information at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SummitCountyCO.gov\/treasurer (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/summitcountyco.gov\/142\/Treasurer\" target=\"_blank\">SummitCountyCO.gov\/treasurer<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>, or by contacting the office at 970-453-3440 or <a href=\"mailto:treasurer@summitcountyco.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">treasurer@summitcountyco.gov<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-treasurer-to-waive-interest-on-late-property-tax-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit County homeowners are getting a brief reprieve on their property tax payments. The Summit County Treasurer\u2019s Office has released an update to the county\u2019s late payment and delinquent interest policy in response to an executive order signed by Gov. Jared Polis on March 20, which allows county treasurers to change due dates and amounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 20:35:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}