How to Use Automatic Bill Payment to Pay your Town of Bethlehem Property/School Tax Bills

The Town of Bethlehem is pleased to offer you a new way to pay your property/school tax bill that saves you both time and money.

Benefits
Some of the benefits that this feature includes:

• No need to stand in line to pay
• No more writing checks
• Save postage costs
• Will not have to worry about late or missed payments if you are busy or away from home
• Simplify your bill payment

With the Automatic Bill Payment option, you can now pay your property/school tax bill by automatic deduction from your checking or savings account.  In addition, there will be NO additional cost for participating in this service.

The Process
Our goal at the Town of Bethlehem is to make the signing up for our Automatic Bill Payment program as simple as possible.

• You will still get a property/school tax bill.  The Town will send you your property/school tax bill as always showing the usual billing information, as well as the amount of the payment that will be automatically deducted from your checking or savings account on the due date that is printed on your bill.
  
• You only need to remember to subtract the amounts of the property/school tax bill from your checkbook balance on the payment due date specified on the bill.  The withdrawal from your bank account will appear on your next available bank statement.

Steps to Follow and Complete
To begin enjoying this convenience is as easy as 1-2-3! Please:

1. Complete and sign the Authorization Form. Get the Authorization Form
   This form is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.  If you do not have the free Acrobat Reader, click here.
   
2. Attach a voided check (write the word VOID across the front of a blank check) corresponding to the checking account that you would like debited each month or a deposit slip if using a savings account (please include account number and ABA/Routing number on the deposit slip).
   
   
    
3. Return the form and voided check (or deposit slip if a savings account) to:

Town of Bethlehem
Receiver of Taxes
445 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY  12054

Other Important Information
If your account has insufficient funds on the withdrawal date, your bank will return the automatic payment.  Just like having a check returned for insufficient funds, the Town will charge you a service fee and your bank may charge you a service fee as well.

Should you have any questions related to enrolling in the Town's Automatic Bill Payment program, please call (518)-439-4955 x1177.

The Automatic Bill Payment authorization will remain in effect until written notification is provided to the Town of Bethlehem Tax Department to modify or cancel the authorization.  Such requests must be received by November 30 for property taxes and by July 31 for school taxes.  Any billings processed prior to receipt of the request will be drawn in accordance with the existing authorization.

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