Hamilton County Trustee Bill Hullander talks in the stock room of the Trustee’s satellite office in the Bonny Oaks Industrial Park in this file photo.Hamilton County residents who try to pay property taxes online may experience some sticker shock when they see how much convenience can cost.
Tax bills will be arriving in mailboxes soon and people can start paying them Oct. 1, according to Trustee Bill Hullander. His office also collects property taxes for Collegedale, East Ridge, Lakesite, Red Bank, Ridgeside, Soddy-Daisy and Walden.
Residents will have a few payment options — some more costly than others.
Along with the tried-and-true methods of paying in person at the trustee’s office or spending 46 cents for postage, residents can pay the taxman online. But plastic users beware: Convenience has a price. It’s 2.75 percent of the bill, nearly 3 cents on the dollar, to pay online with a credit card.
That means someone paying taxes on a $200,000 property, which yields a $1,383 bill, would pay an additional $38 to file with a credit card online.