Quarterly Municipal Taxes Due August 1

It's tax time, so get your checkbooks ready. The Ridgewood Village Council recently adopted a resolution authorizing the Village Tax Collector to send out via mail the estimated 2011 third quarter tax bills. This estimation amounts to $1.949 per hundred thousand dollars of assessed home value, according to information posted by the Tax Collector on the village website.

The bill is due on August 1 and allows for a ten-day grace period. Anything after the ten days will have an interest penalty attached. Postmark is not accepted.

Once the 2011 tax rate for the village has officially been certified by the county's tax board, the tax collector will send another bill noting the final tax payment due November 1, as well as preliminary payments for Feb 1 and May 1 in 2012.

Taxes can be paid via mail to Village of Ridgewood, Tax Collector, 131 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450-3287 as well as dropped off in that yellow village mail box by the front of Village Hall; or they can also be completed online at the Tax Collector's section of the website, here.

If residents have any questions, they should contact the Village Tax Collectors Office at (201) 670-5500 ext. 511. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.