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Newton County tax office outlines property-tax collection, motor-vehicle services and access options
Summary
An agency official described the Newton County Tax Commissioner's Office's role in billing and collecting property taxes, distributing funds to taxing entities, providing motor vehicle services as an agent for the Georgia Department of Revenue, holding tax sales for delinquencies, and offering in-person and online services.
An agency official in the Newton County Tax Commissioner's Office described the office's core responsibilities and public-facing services, saying it is the elected, constitutional office charged with billing, collecting and accounting for ad valorem (property) taxes.
The official said the office collects taxes for a range of taxable property ' including real estate, personal property, mobile homes, boats, aircraft and business inventory ' and then distributes those funds to the appropriate taxing entities. "The tax commissioner's office then distributes those funds to the…
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