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COUNTY LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RENEWALS IN THE MAIL
 Anyone Doing Business Inside The County Is Required To Hold A County BTR
The Polk County Tax Collector's Office has mailed County Local Business Tax Receipt renewal forms to businesses operating throughout Polk County. For more information, click here....
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TAX CERTIFICATE SALE POSTS RECORD SALES
 Supplemental Sale Slated for July 1
Joe G. Tedder, Tax Collector of Polk County announces that all but 7,248 tax certificates were sold in this year's tax certificate sale which was held on June 1. This represents only $985,266 in remaining tax dollars as compared to 14,404 tax certificates and $6,952,711 remaining from last year, reflecting the best overall results of any tax certificate sale since 2006.
Based on the success of this sale, Tedder says over 99.49% of the 2009 tax roll was collected and distributed. Interest rates also dropped for investors from 13.98% last year to 5.62% this year.
The remaining 7,248 tax certificates will go on sale beginning July 1, 2010. The interest rate for all of the certificates will be 18% based on Florida Statute 197.472.
Registration and bidding will begin on July 1 and the sale will close on July 9. For more information on bidding or to register, please go to www.polktaxsale.com.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
 Tax Collector Selects Kid's Tag Art
On Monday, June 7th, Pedro Villegas, a fifth grade student at Oscar J. Pope Elementary School, was able to see his kids tag artwork projected on a large screen in front of an audience of family and fellow students.
The Tax Collector, Joe Tedder, had named Pedro to be the latest recipient of the Tax Collector Choice Award.
For more info click here...
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SPOTLIGHT ON TOURIST TAXES
 Tax Collector Writes Letter To The Editor
To see the latest Tourist Development Tax Distribution Report, click here...
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CENTRAL FLORIDA VACATION HOME WEBINAR
 Webinar Covers What Is Happening With Vacation Homes!
"Central Florida - The Hotspot for Vacation Homes" was the theme when Polk County Tax Collector Joe Tedder and Co-host Mark Jackson, Polk County Director of Tourism and Sports Marketing, held a live, interactive, webinar on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EDT [17:00 GMT]. With the announcement of LEGOLAND Florida, high speed rail, and a surplus inventory of homes for sale... things are happening in Central Florida.
Vacation rental home owners (at home and abroad) and rental property managers were encouraged to log into the webinar. (Note: Seal of Compliance holders can also get credit for logging into the program!)
To view a replay of the webinar or for more information, click here...
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BUY 2009 KIDS TAG ART!
 Order A Kids Tag Art Tag
Kids Tag Art, a fundraising project that inspires fifth grade art students to design their own specialty plate art, announces fifth grade students who recently received the 2009 Awards of Distinction.
This year, 130 students' tag art designs were selected from fifth graders from all across Polk County. These designs will become part of the 2009 Kids Tag Art display, a mobile collage of license tag art which will travel around the county over the coming months.
For more on this and how to buy a 2009 Kids Tag or prior year tags, click here...
Also, click here to see more about Kids Tag Art in the latest issue of Art-i-facts Magazine (on page 33)!
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PAY WITH VISA ONLINE; BUT NOT IN TAX OFFICES
 Visa Everywhere Except In The Tax Collector's Office
Effective May 1, 2009, VISA is no longer accepted at the counter in Tax Collector's Office branches. VISA has ordered government agencies, including the Polk County Tax Collector's Office, to stop conducting lawful counter service payment transactions for tax payments, such as vehicle registration and business taxes. VISA is requiring government agencies, including the Tax Collector's Office, to sign merchant agreements that would force them to pass on VISA's charges to all customers, not just those who are using their credit cards at the counter.
MasterCard, American Express & Discover continue to be accepted by the Tax Collector's Office at the counter, through the mail, by way of automated telephone and online at www.PolkTaxes.com. Because of VISA's order, the Tax Collector's Office is limited to accepting VISA by way of mail, automated telephone and online transactions. For more information, click here...
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