Property taxes, although due Sept. 1, can be paid without penalty until Dec. 31. Davidson County Tax Administrator Joe Silver says there are so many last-minute taxpayers that around the holidays his office is as busy as a mall. He hopes the electronic system changes that crush this year. The west-central North Carolina county collects taxes on about 144,000 vehicles and 77,000 plots of land each year. When those taxes are paid by check, either through the mail or in person, the county loses interest because it takes several days to process the paper payments.
Online payments show up in county coffers the next day.
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