Walton County Property Tax Installment Payment Plan

• •Applications for the installment plan must be submitted by April 30th.
• •To be eligible, prior year taxes must exceed $100.00 and not be escrowed by a mortgage company.
• •Taxpayers who successfully completed the installment plan in the previous year are automatically re-enrolled.
• •The first installment is due by June 30th and receives a 6% discount.
• •The second installment is due by September 30th and receives a 4.5% discount.
• •The third installment is due by December 31st and receives a 3% discount.
• •The fourth installment is due by March 31st and receives no discount.
• •Failure to make the first payment by June 30th terminates eligibility for the remainder of the year.
• •The 1st and 2nd installments are calculated as 1/4 of the previous year's taxes.
• •The 3rd and 4th installments are calculated as 1/2 of the remaining actual tax liability for the current year.
• •If an installment plan is terminated, the taxpayer will receive a regular tax bill in November.

Eligible residents can spread their property tax burden over the year and receive discounts of up to 6% by paying installments on time.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.