Politics & Government

Cobb Property Tax Bills Mailed This Week

The bills are due Oct. 15, with a 5 percent late penalty afterward; and an additional 1 percent in interest is charged each month until the taxes are paid.

property owners will be getting their tax bills this week.

To be precise, 255,625 property-tax bills will be mailed Wednesday, worth $600 million for the county, Gail Downing told the Marietta Daily Journal.

The bills are due Oct. 15, with a five percent late penalty afterward; and an additional 1 percent in interest is charged each month until the taxes are paid.

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All six of Cobb’s cities handle their own tax billing and collection, so residents in incorporated Cobb will also get a separate city tax bill, Downing said.

Tax payments can be made:

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  • In person at the Cobb Tax Commissioner’s Office, 736 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. This office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and will stay open until 6 p.m. on Tuesdays from Sept. 4 through Oct. 9.
  • In person at the , 4400 Lower Roswell Road, or at the South Cobb Government Center, 4700 Austell Road, Austell. These offices are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.
  • Drop boxes are located outside the office on Whitlock, and inside the other offices. There is also a drop box at the IBM Credit Union Branch at 100 Cherokee St. on the Marietta Square.
  • By phone (1-866-PAY-COBB or 1-866-729-2622), using either an e-check or credit card. 
  • Online at www.cobbtax.org with an e-check or credit card. Once Downing’s office has its new website up and running, e-checks will be free (those now have a $1 surcharge), and credit-card processing fees will decrease from the current 2.35 percent to 1.90 percent, plus a 30-cent transaction fee.

Nearly 99 percent of 2011 taxes have been collected.


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