UPSON CO TAX COLLECTION RATE 81% SO FAR

MONDAY WAS THE DEADLINE TO PAY 2020 UPSON COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES WITHOUT PENALTY.

ACCORDING TO TAX COMMISSIONER ANDY CHASTAIN 81% OF THE TOTAL TAXES DUE HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, $14.9 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF THOMASTON AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 

THE TAX OFFICE BILLED OUT $18.4 MILLION IN TAXES AND TAX COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN SAID HIS OFFICE ANTICIPATES CLOSING OUT THE YEAR WITH A COLLECTION RATE OF 92 OR 93%.