DEFINITIONS

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
This is an assessment for maintenance of the common areas in a city development and pays for city services provided by the City of Amarillo.

 

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT	ASSESSMENT UNIT	ANNUAL AMOUNT AS OF 2004
Greenways	Lot Size A Lot Size B Lot Size D	$492 $410 $590
Brennan Blvd	% of annual assessment based on lot size
The Colonies	based on square footage of lot size
Tutbury		$489

POTTER – RANDALL COUNTY LINE PROPERTY
This indicates property on the Potter and Randall County lines. The city, school and college portion of these taxes are billed by Randall County. The property will receive three tax bills each year. Potter and Randall County send a bill based on the value in that county.

SCHOOL TAX CEILINGS – FROZEN TAXES
Taxpayers over 65 or disabled may qualify for a ceiling on their school taxes. For additional information on these accounts, please call the county tax office.

PARTIAL PAYMENTS
Taxpayers may make partial payments on their current or delinquent property taxes. Penalty, interest and collection fees will continue to accrue on unpaid balances. There will be an amount shown paid and an amount shown still due on these accounts. Call the county tax office for more information.

PENALTY AND INTEREST
Penalty and interest begins to accrue on February 1 for any current year taxes that have not been paid. The schedule for penalty and interest is as follows:

February ……... 7%
March ………... 9%
April …………. 11%
May ………….. 13%
June ………….. 15%

INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
Taxpayers over 65 or disabled may pay their current taxes on their qualified homestead without penalty and interest by signing an agreement and paying their first ¼ payment by January 31. The four payments are due by:

¼ by January 31
¼ by March 31
¼ by May 31
¼ by July 31

Since the taxes are paid in quarters, this payment method is referred to as “quarterly payments”. Please note that the payments are every two months, not quarterly.

EXEMPTIONS
Click here for information about exemptions

OFFICIAL PAYMENTS
Official Payments is the company the counties have chosen so taxpayers can pay taxes by phone or over the Internet. There is a surcharge fee based on the amount paid. Each county has a jurisdiction code. The jurisdiction code allows your transaction to go to the correct tax office where your payment will be applied to your account. The jurisdiction code for Randall County is: 5319. The jurisdiction code for Potter County is: 6141. You will need to have your account number. The account number is the 12-digit number followed by the letter.