HomeMy WebLinkAboutJohnsontaxpenaltyrefund.pdfATTACHMENT A
Michael and Jill Johnson
110 The Parkway
Ithaca, New York 14850
(607) 319-4942
August 1, 2014
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Marcham Hall
836 Hanshaw Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dear Trustee Members,
We are writing to ask you to please refund the 5% penalty for late payment of our
property taxes because we did not receive our tax bill until July 28, 2014. Once
we received the bill, we promptly paid it in person at the Village Clerk’s office on
July 29, 2014 in the amount of $2,829.23 ($2,694.50 plus $134.73 penalty). Our
receipt is attached.
On July 28, 2014, the U.S. Post Office delivered a bundle of mail to our home
after a two-week vacation hold. In that bundle, we received our purple tax bill
and a separate letter from the Village of Cayuga Heights stating our taxes were
due with penalty (for non-payment by June 30).
While the tax bill was postmarked May 28, 2014 (attached), it was not delivered
to our home by the post office until July 28, 2014. To avoid further penalty, the
Village Clerk’s office advised us to pay the bill and request a refund of the penalty
paid.
We ask that you please refund the $134.73 penalty since we did not receive the
bill in a timely manner, and paid the taxes as soon as possible after the bill
arrived.
Thank you for considering our request.
Sincerely,
Michael and Jill Johnson