The Tax Collector's office is located on the second floor of the Town Hall Building, 16 Lowell Street and is open Monday to Thursday 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM (until 7:00PM on Tuesdays). There is also a white drop off mail box located outside in the parking lot (at the exit of the parking lot) where residents may drop off tax payments, water bill payments, excise bill payments or any other town business. Payments left in the box will be credited the next business day.
The Town of Reading currently bills on a quarterly schedule. Real estate and personal property tax bills for the fiscal Year (July to June) are mailed quarterly. Payments are due by 5 p.m. in the Tax Collector's office on August 1, November 1st, February 1st and May 1st or the following regular business day if the 1st falls on a weekend. Postmarks are not considered payment in a timely fashion per Mass. General Law. It is the responsibility of the taxpayer to ensure that tax bills arrive in the Treasurer/Collector's office on or before the due dates.
There are between six and eight Motor Vehicle Excise tax bill mailings during the year. The largest mailing occurs in February and usually includes all vehicles that were registered in Reading for over one year. These bills, although collected by the Town, are generated from the records of the Registry of Motor Vehicles as of January 1st of the bill year.
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