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The O.C. Assessor releases the 2015-16 Annual Local Assessment Roll of Values

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Editor Posted in OC Assessor, Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

Orange County Assessor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2015

Contact: CLAUDE PARRISH (714) 834-2734

Orange County 2015-16 Annual Roll Press Release

Orange County Assessor Claude Parrish has delivered the 2015-16 Local Assessment Roll of Values today, June 29, 2015, on schedule in accordance with the Revenue and Taxation Code that includes all locally assessable property in Orange County.

The total net taxable value on the Roll is over $498.9 billion. The Roll of Values is up 5.89% or $27.7 billion more than last year (2014-15). Each of Orange County’s 34 cities and the unincorporated areas had a year-to-year increase in net taxable value. Value changes are reflecting the Orange County real estate markets that show continued appreciation in property values this year and the restoration of values previously reduced under Proposition (Prop.) 8 decline in market value provisions. Continue reading→

Help is available for delinquent taxpayers as O.C. property taxes soar

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Editor Posted in OC Treasurer, Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR SHARI L. FREIDENRICH, CPA, CCMT, CPFA, ACPFIM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Shari L. Freidenrich Date June 9, 2015 (714) 834-7625; Treasurer@ttc.ocgov.com

Property Tax Collection Rates Soar – Help is Available for Delinquent Taxpayers

The collection rate for secured property taxes for FY 2014-15 is at 98.25%, making this the highest collection rate in the last 20 years, Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich announced. Incoming receipts for the second installment are $133 million or 5.4% higher than the same time last year. Electronic payments represent 55% of all incoming payments, up 2% from last year. Steps taken to streamline the payment process also has reduced wait times at our public counter, as taxpayers generally waited less than 10 minutes to pay in person.

Treasurer Freidenrich said her office has mailed approximately 30,000 delinquent notices to taxpayers who did not pay their property taxes in full for the FY 2014-15 tax year, down 7% from the previous year and 20% from three years ago. Delinquent taxes from FY 2014-15 will be considered defaulted if full payment is not received or postmarked on or before June 30, 2015. After that date, the Treasurer adds a $15 administrative cost and a penalty of 1.5% per month (18% per year) to the amount due until the tax bill is fully paid. After going five years unpaid, the Treasurer-Tax Collector will sell the parcel at an annual property tax auction sale. Continue reading→

The OC Vector Control District wants to raise property taxes to pay for a museum exhibit

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Editor Posted in Democratic Party, Disease, Health and Medical, Orange County, Orange County Vector Control District, Santa Ana Leave a comment

OC Vector Control District Hacks

The OC Vector Control District’s Trustees never tire of raising your property taxes!

From the OC Politics Blog

Today, the Orange County Vector Control District’s Board of Trustees “will consider contracting with the Discovery Science Center for a decade of exhibit space costing $1 million – averaging out to $100,000 a year,” according to the O.C. Register’s Watchdog.

Naturally, the OVCD’s staff is recommending a hike of about $1 a parcel that would bring in some $500,000 annually to pay for this exhibit. They want to raise our property taxes even though the OCVCD is awash in cash – they have a cushion of almost 70 percent of what it spends in a year.

As we suggested in a recent post, this is the epitome of a bloated County agency that really should be absorbed into the OC Health Care Agency – and all of their field spraying and extermination activities should be outsourced to contractors. This agency owes millions of dollars in unfunded pension and health benefit liabilities that we could avoid further via outsourcing! Continue reading→

The Annual Assessment Appeals Filing Period is from 7/2 to 9/16

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Editor Posted in Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

County of Orange, Clerk of the Board
Press Release, For Immediate Release: July 15, 2013

Filing of Annual Assessment Appeals
The Annual Assessment Appeals Filing Period is from July 2, 2013 to September 16, 2013

(Santa Ana, CA) The Orange County Clerk of the Board reminds residents that the Annual Filing Period for filing an assessment appeal is July 2, 2013 through September 16, 2013. If you believe that the value of your property is less than the assessed value established by the Assessor for January 1, 2013 lien date, you can challenge your assessment by filing an assessment appeal. It is not necessary to use a tax agent or pay a fee to file the assessment appeal. Continue reading→

The deadline to start paying for five year tax defaulted property is 7/1

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Editor Posted in OC Treasurer, Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR
SHARI L. FREIDENRICH, CPA, CCMT, CPFA, ACPFIM

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2013

Contact: Shari L. Freidenrich, (714) 834-7625, Treasurer@ttc.ocgov.com

Deadline to Start Installment Plan for Five Year Tax Defaulted Property is July 1

Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari L. Freidenrich, states that July 1 is the last day for an owner of real property to initiate a Five Year Installment Plan for property that has delinquent taxes outstanding for five or more years. The property owner must qualify to enter into an Installment Plan by meeting certain criteria. All property that has been tax defaulted for five or more years may be subject to tax auction by the Treasurer-Tax Collector unless they are currently on a Five Year Installment Plan. If these tax-defaulted properties over five years do not have an installment plan initiated by July 1, the only way to avoid the tax auction is to pay 100% of the taxes, penalties, and fees levied on the property prior to the date of the next tax auction. Continue reading→

O.C. Property Tax payments are due by next Wednesday

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Editor Posted in Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2013

Contact: Shari L. Freidenrich (714) 834-7625; Treasurer@ttc.ocgov.com

Property Tax Payment Deadline is next Wednesday!

Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich today reminds Orange County taxpayers that the second installment of property taxes is due no later than Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Payments not received by Wednesday, unless they have a United States Postal Service stamp on or before April 10, will incur a 10% late penalty fee. Current second installment secured tax receipts are approximately 1.5% ahead of the same time last year with $69.8 million more in property taxes being received. Total secured tax receipts are $144.5 million ahead of the same time last year. Continue reading→

Orange County Property Tax Auction Sale set for Thursday, 5/31

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Editor Posted in Housing, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: May 22, 2012

Contact: Shari L. Freidenrich, (714) 834-7625, Treasurer@ttc.ocgov.com

Property Tax Sale Auction on Thursday, May 31, 2012

Santa Ana, CA – Orange County Treasurer Shari L. Freidenrich announced that the next tax auction is Thursday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room at 333 W. Santa Ana Boulevard, Building 10, Santa Ana. All bidders must pre-register on May 30, and registration information is available on the website at bos.ocgov.com/taxauction. To register your e-mail for tax auction information, just go to bos.ocgov.com/taxauctionreminder. Continue reading→

O.C. Treasurer-Tax Collector announces top 10 property taxpayers

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Editor Posted in Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

The Walt Disney World Company pays $36,701,081 in O.C. property taxes

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2011
Contact: Shari Freidenrich, (714) 834-7625, Treasurer@ttc.ocgov.com

TOP TEN PROPERTY TAX PAYERS – SECURED AND UNSECURED

Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari L. Freidenrich announced that for 2011 the Top Ten Property Taxpayers, in the secured and unsecured categories in the County of Orange are as follows:

Secured: Continue reading→

Free Filing of Annual Assessment Appeals Now through Sept. 15

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Editor Posted in Orange County, Real Estate, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

Press Release, For Immediate Release: July 21, 2010

Contact: Darlene J. Bloom, Clerk of the Board
Phone (714) 834-2206, Fax (714) 834-4439
Hall of Administration
333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Rm 101
Santa Ana, CA 92701

Free Filing of Annual Assessment Appeals Now through Sept. 15

The Annual Assessment Appeals Filing Period is from July 2,– September 15, 2010

(Santa Ana, CA) The Orange County Clerk of the Board reminds residents that the Annual Filing Period for filing an assessment appeal began July 2, 2010 and will run through September 15, 2010. If you believe that the value of your property is less than the assessed value established by the Assessor for January 1, 2010 lien date, you can challenge your assessment by filing an assessment appeal. It is not necessary to use a tax agent or pay a fee to file an assessment appeal.

The Clerk of the Board has created an online e-file program that provides step-by-step assistance in completing your appeal form. You can locate the assessment appeals e-file program at http://assessmentappeals.ocgov.com/aa/. Workshops to better understand the appeal process and to assist you in preparing for your hearing are held at various libraries throughout the County. Workshop schedules can be found at http://www.ocgov.com/cob. Again, there is NO charge for filing an assessment appeal.

Santa Ana is the fourth most expensive city in the O.C. to do business in

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Editor Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 1 Comment

In 2008, Santa Ana was found to be the third most expensive Orange County cities to do business in, “according to the 14th annual Cost of Doing Business Survey from the Rose Institute of State & Local Government at Claremont McKenna College and Kosmont Companies in Los Angeles,” as published in the O.C. Register.

In 2009, the same study found that Santa Ana was the fourth most expensive city in Orange County, to do business in. Click here to read that article in the O.C. Register.

Santa Ana also has some of the highest property taxes in the O.C. due to the passage of numerous SAUSD and Rancho Santiago Community College District bond measures. A large chunk of the college bond was used to build a training academy for O.C. Sheriffs that we just didn’t need – our County is ringed by similar academies that are easily within thirty minutes of Orange County.

Isn’t it interesting that some of the BEST cities in Orange County charge the LEAST for business licenses? Irvine, Tustin, Yorba Linda and Costa Mesa all rank amongst the cities with the LOWEST business costs. Even Newport Beach has a much lower cost than Santa Ana. Continue reading→