WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii ? Today Mayor Alan Arakawa recognized the efforts of the Department of Finance to work with delinquent tax payers.
This fiscal year the Finance Department?s Real Property Tax Division collected just over $6,000,000 in delinquent taxes, penalty and interest. While the tax collection is significant the mayor said it is more important that County employees took the time to help keep people from losing their homes to foreclosure.
??I know that department heads drove out to meet many of these delinquent tax payers at their own homes,? said Mayor Alan Arakawa. ?They took the time to sit down and explain the situation and the consequences they could face, such as losing their property.
??In many cases they avoided that worst case scenario by helping to set up payment plans.?
At the beginning of fiscal year 2010-2011, the Real Property Tax Division had a list of 232 parcels that could legally be sold at a County of Maui real property tax sale.?? The total delinquent balance of these parcels was almost $1,800,000.??
As of 5/12/2011, there were only 9 parcels on the tax sale list with a total delinquent balance of $94,350.? The Delinquent Tax Collections section of the Real Property Tax Division has been working hard all year to collect delinquent balances so that parcels do not have to be sold at auction.??
Communication with tax payers has been the most effective method of reducing the number of parcels going to auction.? If the 9 remaining parcels pay in full by May 23, 2011 the Division will cancel the tax sale.?
If anyone would like to set up an appointment with the County regarding payment plan options they can call Real Property Tax Administrator Scott Teruya at 270-7297.
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