CITY MAILS WINTER TAX NOTICES

November 21, 2007 – The City of Midland will mail winter tax notices the first week in December. Winter taxes are due and payable, without penalty or interest, from December 1, 2007 through February 14, 2008. Property owners who do not receive a winter tax notice by December 14 should contact the Midland City Treasurer’s Office at 989-837-3315.

Tax billing information is also available on the City of Midland website at www.midland-mi.org; look under the Services header for the Tax Bill Information link.

You can pay your City of Midland property tax bill automatically from your bank account using an easy and convenient program called Auto-Pay. For additional information and enrollment forms, visit the City of Midland website at www.midland-mi.org or call the Treasurer’s Office at 989-837-3315.

Property owners may also pay winter tax bills by check or cash at the Midland City Treasurer's Office, 333 W. Ellsworth St., from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. After-hours payments may be placed in the depository located in the main entrance of Midland City Hall.

After February 14, 2008, a four percent penalty is applied to the unpaid balance of the winter 2007 property taxes.

The City bills and collects winter taxes on behalf of other local governments and school districts as a service to those entities. The winter tax bill does not include a tax levy for the City.

The total winter millage rate on principal residence property in the City of Midland, within the Midland Public School District, is 5.6346 mills; the total on non-principal residence property is 14.2478 mills.

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