Office of the City Treasurer Spencer Coggs
200 East Wells Street - Room 103 Milwaukee City Treasurer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 414-286-2208
8:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 11, 2013
2013 CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROPERTY TAX BILLS
Milwaukee City Treasurer Spencer Coggs announced that just over one hundred sixty-four thousand 2013 Combined Property Tax Bills will be mailed out to Milwaukee taxpayers later today. Coggs expects
that most taxpayers will receive their property tax bills by Saturday, December 14th. Taxpayers that do not receive their property tax bills by Monday, December 16th, should contact the City Treasurer’s
Office, Customer Services Division, at 414-286-2240, and request a duplicate tax bill. Tax bill copies are also available at no charge via the Internet. Just visit the Office of the City Treasurer Home Page at
URL: http://www.milwaukee.gov/treasurer.
Treasurer Coggs urges taxpayers to avoid the parking challenges
around City Hall and any long lines for service that may arise inside
City Hall, and suggests that taxpayers:
1) Mail in their tax payments using the return remittance envelope
enclosed with their tax bills; or
2) Make their tax payments at any one of thirteen US Bank
branches located within the City of Milwaukee; or
3) Pay their taxes in full using the electronic payment options
available via the Internet on the Office of the City Treasurer
Home Page at URL: http://www.milwaukee.gov/treasurer; or
4) Enroll in the electronic funds transfer installment payment plan.
The enrollment form is available via the Internet on the Office of
the City Treasurer Home Page at URL:
http://www.milwaukee.gov/treasurer.
2013 CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROPERTY TAX BILLS
In noting what’s new for this tax collection season, Treasurer Coggs explained that all special charges and assessments that appear on the tax bill can be placed on the interest free, ten-month installment
payment plan. The only exceptions are special assessments for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Neighborhood Improvement Districts (NIDs). In the past, all special charges, with the exception of delinquent water charges, had to be paid in full by January 31st. This kept many property owners from participating in the installment payment plan and resulted in their going tax delinquent. This change to the installment payment plan better accommodates those taxpayers on a limited income.
Treasurer Coggs stated that, again this year, taxpayers can pay their tax bills in full, or make installment payments, at any of thirteen US Bank branches within the City of Milwaukee. Taxpayers do not have
to be customers of US Bank to pay their tax bills at a US Bank branch. Taxpayers can make their tax payments at a US Bank branch either by cash or check. Taxpayers will need to bring their entire tax
bill with them to the bank, including the scanable return remittance coupon attached at the bottom of the bill, when making their tax payment at a US Bank branch. All tax payment checks should be
made payable to the City of Milwaukee. US Bank tellers will stamp a payment acknowledgement on the top part of the tax bills when a tax payment is made. The City Treasurer’s Office will mail out to
taxpayers the official tax payment receipts for all bank branch payments within five working days of payment processing. US Bank will not issue tax refunds, nor will it accept payments on prior year
delinquent tax accounts.
2013 CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROPERTY TAX BILLS
If a taxpayer’s property tax escrow check exceeds the amount due and a payment is made at a US Bank branch, a refund will be mailed out to the taxpayer by the City Treasurer’s Office with an official tax
receipt within ten calendar days of payment processing.
Treasurer Coggs provided a list of the locations of the US Bank branches that will accept City of Milwaukee property tax payments on 2013 tax levy accounts:
1. 7901 W. Burleigh Street, Milwaukee, WI 53222
2. 9921 W. Capitol Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53222
3. 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
4. 2303 N. Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211
5. 7500 W. Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI 53223
6. 4015 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207
7. 5526 W. Capitol Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53216
8. 939 W. Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204
9. 5220 W. North Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53208
10. 7325 W. Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53219
11. 650 N. Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53259
12. 3720 W. Villard Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53209
13. 2537 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233
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Treasurer Coggs stated that beginning on Thursday, December 12th and continuing through Tuesday, December 31st, a limited number of 15 minute parking spaces would be made available by the
Department of Public Works on the following City streets:
North Water Street between East Wells Street and East State
Street;
East Wells Street between North Water Street and North
Broadway Street; and
East Kilbourn Avenue between North Water Street to North
Broadway Street.
Validated parking at a discounted rate will also be available at the Milwaukee Center Parking Garage located at North Water Street and East Kilbourn Avenue for up to a maximum of five hours, according
to Coggs. Taxpayers will need to have their Milwaukee Center Parking Garage ticket validated at the City Hall Information Booth to qualify for the discounted rate. Questions or concerns regarding
available street parking around City Hall, or validated parking at the Milwaukee Center Parking Garage, should be directed to the Department of Public Works at 414-286-3261.
Treasurer Coggs indicated that a drop box for property tax payments is available inside the Market Street entrance to the City Hall seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, including City holidays.
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2013 CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROPERTY TAX BILLS
A second drop box is also available inside the Broadway Street entrance to the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building, but can only be accessed during regular business hours when the building is open,
8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. The municipal building will be closed on the City Holidays of Christmas Eve and Day, New Year’s Eve and Day, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Taxpayers should not deposit
cash payments in either of these drop boxes. Tax payments deposited in these drop boxes will normally be credited on the following business day, according to Coggs.
As in the past, Treasurer Coggs noted that those taxpayers who mail in their tax payment, pay via an Internet payment option, or deposit their tax payment in a drop box, will be sent an official tax receipt by
mail within five working days of payment processing. The exception would be if the amount tendered was an installment payment. In that case, the payment will be acknowledged on the next installment
billing statement.
The City Treasurer’s Office will be open daily, Monday through Friday, from 8:15 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. according to Coggs. The office will also be open on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31st from
8:15 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
The City Treasurer’s Office will be closed on:
Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th;
Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25th;
New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1st; as well as
The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, January 20th.
2013 CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROPERTY TAX BILLS
For additional information on the 2013 Combined Property Tax Bills or on making property tax payments, taxpayers should reference the brochure included with the tax bills or visit the Office of the City
Treasurer Home Page on the Internet.
Taxpayers may also call the City Treasurer’s Office, Customer Services Division, at 414-286-2240 with questions on their tax bills or payment options.
