Frequently Asked Questions About Your Tax Bill

When are taxes due and when do they become delinquent?

All property taxes become due November 1, must be paid no later than March 31, and become delinquent on April 1.

Early-payment discounts are applied to tax bills paid in full between November 1 and February 29, (November 4%; December 3%;

January 2%; February 1%).

• Tax payments for current tax bills are posted according to their postmark. Tax payments are generally processed within 24 hours

of receipt (up to 3 business days during peak periods).

• Delinquent Real Estate bills are charged a 3% interest and advertising costs.

• Delinquent Tangible Personal Property bills are charged a 1.5% interest per month and advertising costs.

• Verify your payment, or pay online from our public website https://county-taxes.net/broward.

• It is your responsibility to know that taxes are due and to make payment before April 1 -- failure to receive a tax bill does not

relieve anyone from paying taxes or additional interest and fees, per Florida Statute 197.122.

Where can payments be made and what forms of payment are accepted?

1. Pay Online: https://county-taxes.net/broward, by Echeck (no fee), all major credit cards, debit card or PayPal

(fees apply). Credit and debit card payments are charged 2.55% of the total amount charged. If an Echeck payment is

submitted with the incorrect account information or returned unpaid for any reason, a fee of up to 5% may be charged, per Florida

Statute 125.0105.

2. By Using the Green Return Envelope Provided with your Tax Bill: Return the bottom stub of your tax bill

with your payment, make check payable to “Broward County Tax Collector,” paid in U.S. funds, and payable from a

U.S. bank. Payment address:

Remitter Address:

BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,

PO BOX 105048, ATLANTA, GA, 30348-5048

Overnight Address:

BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,

3585 ATLANTA AVENUE, HAPEVILLE, GA, 30354-1705

**Important: Do not use the Green Return Envelope after March 31, mail payments directly to our ofﬁce

using the address shown on your tax bill coupon.

3. At any Wells Fargo Bank in Broward County: only full payment accepted for the current 2023 tax-year,

paid by check or money order – and you must bring your current tax bill to the bank. No payments can be made at

Wells Fargo Banks after March 31.

4. At the Tax Collector’s Ofﬁce: Room A100, 115 S. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale (8:30am – 5pm, M-F), either

full or partial payments, by cash, check, credit or debit card (fees apply).

Are Partial Tax Payments accepted?

Florida Statute 197.374 allows up to ﬁve (5) partial payments per account, made between November 1, and March 31.

No application is submitted for partial payments: but you must indicate your intent to make a partial payment

on your ﬁrst payment – write “partial payment” in the memo line of your check, or call our ofﬁce and request that

your account be enabled for partial payments.

• Partial payments forfeit all discounts that would otherwise apply to a full payment.

• A minimum partial payment of $100 must be made, and must include an additional $10 processing fee

for each partial payment made.

• You cannot make online partial payments, unless you contact our ofﬁce ﬁrst – we must enable your account to accept a

partial payment.

• No partial payments can be made at a Wells Fargo Bank.

• Partial payments are only accepted for CURRENT tax bills – after March 31 no partial payments are accepted for

delinquent taxes.

How do I enroll in the Quarterly Installment Payment Plan?

The Installment Payment Plan allows taxpayers to pay real estate/tangible taxes for the NEXT year in four installments at an overall

discounted rate of 3.5% for the entire year’s bill. Once you fully enroll in this plan, you do not reapply each year, as long as you make a

timely ﬁrst installment payment each June.

Frequently Asked Questions About Your Tax Bill

Make Online Tax Payments: Broward.County-Taxes.com

Questions? Call The Broward County Call Center 954-357-4829

Pay Your Taxes Online: broward.county-taxes.com. It’s Safe, Fast, and Easy.

Visit the Tax Collector website for more information: Broward.org/RecordsTaxesTreasury

BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Mark D. Bogen • Lamar P. Fisher • Beam Furr • Steve Geller • Robert McKinzie • Nan H. Rich • Hazelle P. Rogers • Tim Ryan • Michael Udine

3,500 copies of this public document were promulgated at a gross cost of $693.00 and $0.198 per copy to

inform the public about Broward County programs and services.

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Eligibility Requirements for the 2024 Installment Plan:

• Submit a 2024 Installment Online Application by April 30, 2024. Apply online beginning November 1, 2023, at

https://county-taxes.net/broward

. The online application can be found by clicking “Property Tax”, then search for your property

account information by entering your property account number, name or address.

• To be fully enrolled you must respond to the conﬁrmation email.

• Your estimated taxes must be more than $100 per tax bill.

• Your taxes are NOT being paid by your mortgage, Escrow account, or a tax-paying agent.

• Make a timely First Installment payment to fully enroll in this plan – failure to make a payment by July 31, will

automatically cancel your account from the installment plan.

Installment Payment Schedule and Discounts:

• 1st Installment, payable by *June 30: ¼ of the previous year’s taxes discounted 6%.

• 2nd Installment, payable by September 30: ¼ of the previous year’s taxes discounted 4.5%.

• 3rd Installment, payable by December 31: ½ of the current year’s adjusted tax amount discounted 3%.

• 4th Installment, payable by March 31: ½ of the current year’s adjusted tax amount, no discount.

*If the ﬁrst installment bill is not paid by June 30, you still have the option to make your payment by July 31 – however, the 6% discount

is lost, and for Tangible accounts only: you must pay an extra 5% penalty to stay enrolled in the plan.

What happens when my taxes become delinquent?

Taxes become delinquent if not paid by March 31, all taxes not paid before April 1 will have a 3% delinquency

interest and advertising fees applied to the total amount still due (1.5% per month interest for Tangible taxes).

• Partial payments cannot be accepted for delinquent taxes and delinquent tax payments are posted as of

date received – mailed postmark dates do not apply.

• On or before June 1, the Tax Collector must conduct a Tax Certiﬁcate Auction of all qualiﬁed, unpaid delinquent real estate

accounts.

• At the Tax Certiﬁcate Auction, investors pay the taxes due in exchange for a tax certiﬁcate, which is a lien on the property,

issued at the winning bid rate of interest. Tax Certiﬁcates convey no property rights to the winning bidder.

• Once a certiﬁcate is sold at auction, a taxpayer must pay all delinquent taxes, accrued interest, advertising costs and fees to

redeem the certiﬁcate. Only cash, certiﬁed funds, or wire transfer payments are accepted. Interest continues to accrue until the

certiﬁcate is redeemed. No personal checks can be accepted once a tax certiﬁcate is issued.

• If delinquent taxes are unpaid for 2 years, the certiﬁcate holder can ﬁle a Tax Deed Application and the property may be sold

at a Tax Deed Sale to repay their investment costs, per Florida Statute 197.502.