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PAYMENT OPTIONS
In order to make it easier for residents to make payments on their tax accounts,
the County has arranged the following methods for tax bill payments:
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Credit Card
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The Municipality of the County of Kings has partnered with Paymentus Corporation
to bring you the convenience of paying by Visa or MasterCard.
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Pre-Authorized Payment
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Pre-Authorized Payment Agreement form. Click here
to download the form.
If you require assistance calculating your Pre-authorized payment amount please
see the PAP Calculator on the side bar. |
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Online Banking
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Through most financial institutions (if you are unfamiliar with online banking services
please contact the financial institution you deal with).
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Telepay
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This method must be set up by the tax-payer at their financial institution.
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Financial Institutions
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Including Royal Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, TD Canada Trust, CIBC,
Valley Credit Union.
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County Office
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Located at 87 Cornwallis Street, Kentville, NS, Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30
PM.
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TAX BILLINGS
Tax Billings take place twice (2) annually:
Interim Billing - Billed May 1 - Due May 31 of each year
Final Billing - Billed September 1 - Due September 30 of each year
The interest rate charged on overdue accounts is 1% per month.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR CURRENT TAX BILL OR HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW HOME,
PLEASE CONTACT THE TAX OFFICE AT 690-6144 OR BY EMAIL AT inquiry@county.kings.ns.ca.
TAX CERTIFICATES
The Municipality provides Tax Certificates on specific accounts at a fee of $40.00
per account. This form can be downloaded, printed, completed, and sent to the Municipality
along with the applicable fee at: PO Box 100, Kentville, NS, B4N 3W3
Request for
Tax Certificate form
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Pre-authorized payment Plan (PAP)
PAP is a way to authorize the Municipality of Kings to automatically withdraw
payments from your bank account in order to pay your property taxes.
There are two types of PAP's:
Monthly PAP is designed as a budget plan to help you to build
up to the amount needed to pay the full bill on a monthly basis. For example, if
the estimated taxes for the year is $1,200, and you started paying $100/month in
October, this would allow the taxes to be paid out evenly throughout the year,
instead of having to pay the full interim and final bill. Please note that each
account needs to be calculated separately, and it is important that you are
contributing enough PAP each month so that in September when the final taxes are
due, there is enough to cover the taxes owing. Outstanding balances will be
charged at 1% interest at the end of the month. However, we now offer the option
of automatically adjusting your PAP amounts every year to match the increase in
property taxes so you don’t have to worry about overpaying or underpaying your
taxes.
Semi-annual PAP allows the municipality to withdraw the full
amount of the interim tax bill in May and final tax bill in September.
If you are interested in having a PAP set up with us, please fill out the
Application Form
here and mail it to us.
If you have any questions or would like to find out your current balance, please
contact the Finance Department at 690-6144.
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