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Calvert County officials say tax bills mailed after system errors; commissioners vote to consolidate billing under treasurer
Summary
County staff described software and vendor problems that delayed mailing of about 41,000 property tax bills this year and asked the Board of County Commissioners to move responsibility for the entire tax-billing process to the treasurer. The board approved the consolidation.
Calvert County officials told the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 2 that about 41,000 real-property tax bills were delayed this year after a software upgrade and printing/mailing vendor problems, and the board voted to consolidate tax-billing responsibilities within the treasurer’s office ahead of the next tax cycle.
County Administrator Linda Turner and county staff described a multistep failure that began after Calvert received a State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) report on July 3. Turner said the county uploaded the data into a newly upgraded tax-billing system in July and immediately began receiving error codes that required vendor intervention. Printing files were repeatedly returned by the mailing vendor, staff said, which added to delays in getting bills into the mail. Printed bills were mailed the week of Aug. 25 after bills were made available online in mid-August.
The treasurer’s office told the…
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