Tax Collector

Pay/View Tax Bill

tax bill

There is a 3 Business-Day Hold on any online payment! Do not pay online if you need an immediate release at DMV!!


DMV Releases: 
Your online payment will not result in an immediate release of the DMV registration hold! Online payments do not post to your account for approximately 3 business days. For an immediate release, you need to pay your delinquent bills in cash or cash equivalent (cashier's check or money order).


If you need an immediate release at DMV, please let us know!


The Tax Collector's Office provides billing and collection of real estate, personal property, and motor vehicle taxes. Taxes are billed and collected semi-annually on real estate and annually on motor vehicles and personal property.

         

From your Friendly Neighborhood Tax Collector…

Happy New Year from your friendly, neighborhood Tax Collector!
 
As we end this calendar year, the tax office is preparing for the start of the second half of the fiscal year. That means that the second installment of real estate taxes is due on/before February 2, 2026. Also, if you registered a motor vehicle after April 1, 2025, you will be receiving a Supplemental Motor Vehicle Tax bill. These partial year bills cover the time from the month of your registration
 through September 30, 2025.
If you traded your old car in for a newer vehicle and you transferred your license plate, you will be receiving a credit on your bill for the prepaid taxes on the older
 vehicle. The detail of that credit will appear in the center section of the bill.
The Supplemental Motor Vehicle Tax bill is also due on/before February 2, 2026.


Now for the statutorially required not-so-fine print:

TOWN OF WATERFORD TAXPAYERS

The following taxes become due January 1, 2026:
 The 2nd installment of Real Estate taxes on the 2024 Grand List,
 2024 Grand List Supplemental Motor Vehicle Tax
 for cars registered after April 1, 2025.

TAXES ARE PAYABLE FROM JANUARY 1 - FEBRUARY 2 WITHOUT INTEREST

Delinquent taxes (unpaid taxes after February 2) accrue interest at 1.5% per month
 back to January 1.

Failure to receive a bill does not invalidate the tax or subsequent fees and interest.

Payments may be made in person or by mail at the
 Tax Collector’s Office
 15 Rope Ferry Road
 Waterford, CT 06385 or
 online at www.waterfordct.org.
 Office hours are: 8:00am-4:00pm Mon-Fri, &
Saturday Jan. 31, 2026 9:00am-12:00pm.
 Waterford Town Hall will be closed on January 19, 2026.

Payments may be made in any of the following ways:

By Mail: Checks should be made out to the Waterford Tax Collector and mailed with the appropriate payment coupon to 15 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT 06385.

Drop Box: There is a drop box at the rear entrance of Town Hall.
Payments may be deposited there.
NO CASH PAYMENTS IN THE DROP BOX

In-Person: Payments may be brought to the Tax Collector's office at town hall. Please bring the appropriate payment coupon with your payment.
We accept credit card payments in the office***. 
Credit card fees apply whether you pay online or in the Tax Office.

On-Line: Payments by credit card and electronic check may be made at the Town of Waterford website, www.waterfordct.org, click on the "Online Payments" button on the home page.
***There are fees associated with electronic (Credit Card & EFT) payments 
(credit card [2.99%, minimum fee $3.95] & EFT [flat fee of $0.95]), 
please see the payment page for details.

Office hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm


**IRS Payment Report**

Instructions For An IRS Payment Report

You are now able to get a payment report showing all of your tax payments
 for the previous calendar year that you can use for preparing your income tax return.

YOUR REPORT WILL SHOW ALL BILLS PAID IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025.
 CURRENT YEAR TAX BILLS ARE DATED WITH A PREFIX OF 2024

  • Go to www.waterfordct.org
  • Go to "Departments" and select Tax Collector.
  • Select "Pay/View Tax Bill", this will take you to the instruction page.
  • Select "Pay/View Tax Bill", this will bring you to the tax bill search page.
  • Enter your last name and first initial in the search criteria oval and then click the "IRS Payment Records For Year 2025" bubble directly below the search oval. Click "Search".
  • In the green header bar, select the IRS checkbox.
  • A new box entitled "View IRS" will appear above the green header bar, select this box.

This will provide you with a detailed and printable report for your records. Remember that your bills may be in different people's names (a car may be in your spouse's name) so you may need to generate more than one report.
 If you have a leased car, it will not show up in your report because the vehicle is registered to the leasing company.

If you need additional help, please call the Tax Office at 860-444-5816





 

Did you receive a mailing from…

Tax Serv Capital Services LLC


It’s not a scam!

 TaxServ is the collection agency with whom the Town of Waterford has contracted to help with our tax collections; and with their assistance, all of our old delinquent tax bill holders (they remain valid for 15 years) have been sent some form of delinquent statement-some are Tax Warrants. It is the duty of the Tax Collector's Office to collect all of the taxes that have been assessed and billed.



Dropbox

*A drop box has been placed at the back entrance of Town Hall.
*Tax payments or other mail for Town Hall departments may be placed in the box.
*Please remember that items placed in the drop box are not dated or time-stamped so if you have a
     time-sensitive event, please make sure that there is a postmark or other date-specific,
     legal marking on your item; otherwise, you should mail the item so that it has a legal postmark.
*Please, no cash payments in the drop box!

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***There are no Fire Districts in the Town of Waterford.
***Sewer use fees are handled by the Waterford Utility Commission: 860-444-5886
***Water use fees are handled by the City of New London: 860-447-5222