Hatboro Passes on Upping Delinquent Tax Fees
Montgomery County has asked municipalities to approve regulations allowing for increased penalties for delinquent taxpayers, but Hatboro opted not to do so.
The Hatboro Borough Council, following advice from its attorney, opted to continue recouping 95 percent of delinquent property taxes owed instead of introducing a local law to collect all monies owed. The council heard from attorney Christen Pionzio during its last meeting of the year recently. Pionzio said Montgomery County had asked Hatboro - as well as other municipalities - to adopt an ordinance providing for higher interest, penalties, an attorney's fee when the county attempts to collect delinquent property taxes. Pionzio recommended that Hatboro hold off "to see what they do for a while." "I don’t feel comfortable defending that ordinance," Pionzio said, adding that under the legislation proposed by the county, property owners …
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