Tax Office

P.O. Box 136
158 Main Street, Level 3
Thomaston, CT 06787

Sandra Bruscino, CCMC Tax Collector                                                                                                                                                      Phone: 860-283-4271
Fax: 860-283-2893
Email - sbruscino@thomastonct.org

Peggy Duffy, CCMC Assistant Tax Collector
Email - pduffy@thomastonct.org

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday to Wednesday

                         9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thursday

                         8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Friday  

If you have a question regarding your assessment, or if you no longer own the motor vehicle on your tax bill, please contact the Assessor’s office at 283-0305.

Credit Cards now Accepted by Tax Collector

Taxpayers have the option to pay their taxes on-line or over the telephone using a credit card. There is a 3% convenience fee added from the service provider. To use this option, taxpayers should go to www.officialpayments.com or call 1-800-2PayTax (1-800-272-9829) and use Jurisdiction Code 1756.

When Taxes Are Due

Real Estate and Personal property taxes are paid in two installments, July 1st and January1st. Failure to pay on or before August 1st and February 1st will result in a late payment with interest at 1 ½% per month (18%) per year computed from the due date of July 1st or January 1st, per state statute 12-145. Minimum charge is $2.00.

Motor Vehicle taxes are due and payable in one Installment. Bills are calculated from an October 1st date…if you have sold or traded an automobile for which you have received a bill, bring proof of sale (e.g. Letter from insurance company, bill of sale, or receipt from DMV) or license plate receipt from DMV to the Assessor’s Office for bill reduction.

No January installment for real estate or personal property taxes will be sent. July bills have the January installment attached.

The mill rate for the Grand List 2006 is 24.99.

MISCELLANEOUS:       

• Please do not post date checks.
• Please do not use staples.
• Yes, you can write one check for all your tax bills.
• Delinquent motor vehicle tax bills have to be paid with cash, money order or certified bank check per Town ordinance passed June 29, 2004.
• Per State Statute 12-130 failure to have received a bill does not exempt the taxpayer from taxes or interest charge.
• Interest can not be waived.
• U.S. postmark date is used to determine interest.
• Past due taxes must be paid before current taxes. The oldest list year is paid first (CGS12-146) except for prior years that are in litigation or predate a pending bankruptcy.
• When receiving a payment on a past due bill; Payment is applied to the interest first, followed by tax, the lien fee is collected last.
• Concerning tax types within a given year; Unless the taxpayer indicates otherwise, payments are to be applied first to personal property, then to motor vehicle (regular or supplemental, whichever is older), then to real estate (CGS12-143).