SACRAMENTO, Calif — While state and federal tax deadlines have been extended to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home order, the second installment of property taxes in California are still due on April 10.
The California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors said it understands the public’s anxiety and concern about the impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, but the property tax deadline on April 10 could not be changed.
Property taxes fund county services, school and other local services.
Tax collectors in the area said they recognize that not everyone will be able to make the deadline or can pay online.
"I know that an extraordinary number of individuals and businesses have been affected and my office will do everything we can to assist these individuals and businesses," Placer County's Tax Collector Jenine Windeshausen said in a statement.
Windeshausen, like other tax collectors in the region, is preparing for many people needing assistance.
Some things to remember when paying your property taxes:
- Most counties have a way to pay your property taxes online or by mail
- The tax must be paid by 5 p.m. online or postmarked on April 10.
- If county offices are closed on April 10, payments can be made the next business day that the county offices are open and no penalties will apply.
If property owners are able to pay their property tax, it is strongly encouraged that they meet the deadline online or by mail.
The San Joaquin County spokesperson Jolena Voorhis said that there may be an opportunity to waive penalties as the state tax collection officials suggested. However, for residents in San Joaquin, Solano, Sacramento and other counties in the region, there is no plan to waive the penalties at this time.
Windeshausen said that the waivers for her county, as with others will be done on a case by case basis. Counties which have waived penalties for late payments because of the coronavirus include:
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