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Real Property and Bid Tax Payments, and Electronic Bill Notification

Pay Online: 

You may pay your real property and Bid tax bill online via ACH/eCheck or Credit Card*. Online payments made before 5 pm EST are effective the same day they are authorized. Payments may not be scheduled for a later date. 

  • Convinient and easy-to-use: No need to write checks and pay postage. You can make your tax payments 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
  • Free: ACH/eCheck payments are free of charge on Mytax.DC.gov. 
  • Secure and reliable: The online payment portal is secure and you receive a payment submission reference number as proof of your payment.

*OTR accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover cards for credit card payments. There is a 2.5 percent non-refundable convenience fee, charged by the processor, when making a credit card payment. Credit card payment is not to exceed $100,000.00 (inclusive of the 2.5 percent non-refundable convenience fee) per transaction and is limited to a maximum of two (2) transactions per month. 

To use the Mytax.DC.gov onine payment portal: (No log-in is required.)

  1. Under the "Real Property" section, click on "Make a Real Property Payment" 
  2. Enter the property Square, Suffix, and Lot number or type in the addrerss of the property and click "Search"
  3. Under the "Search Results" click on the property hyperlink to retrieve tax account information
  4. Select the tax account for which you would like to make a payment
  5. Enter the appropriate information and submit the payment
  6. Reatin the submission confirmation number for your records  

 

Mail Your Payment:

You may pay your real property tax bill with a check or money order payable to the "DC Treasurer." Be sure to include your square, suffix and lot or parcel and lot numbers on your check or money order. Also include the bottom portion (payment coupon) of your bill for timely and accurate processing your payment. For the payment to be considered timely, it must be received at the mailing address below by the due date to prevent late penalty and interest. The District cannot be responsible for delays in the mail.  

Mail your payment in the envelope provided. If you must use another envelope, send your payment to the following address:

Office of Tax and Revenue
DC Government Real Property Taxes
PO Box 718095
Philadelphia, PA 19171-8095
 
If your payment is late, you will have to pay penalty and interest charges. The penalty is 10 percent of your tax and the interest is 1.5 percent of the tax for each full or partial month your payment is late. When you make a payment, it is automatically applied to the oldest amount you owe. If you do not pay the full amount, the real property tax lien may be sold at the annual Real Property Tax Sale.

 

If the payment date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the payment is due the next business day.

Bill Courtesy Notification

This feature allows for property owners to elect to receive an email notification when real property correspondence becomes available. Billing notices include the real property tax bill, public space above/below ground bills, special assessment property tax bills, tax sale notices, and the property tax bill (possessory interest). This does not replace the mailing of physical notices.  

To utilize this feature, visit MyTax.DC.gov and navigate to: Real Property > View More Options > Bill Courtesy Notifications.  

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