Mission Statement
The Real Property Tax Service of Broome County seeks to improve the administration and understanding of the real property tax. Technical and professional assistance is provided to other county departments, local governments, local town assessors, school districts, the taxpayers and public, attorneys, and real estate professionals in all aspects of real property tax.

Contact Information
Broome County Real Property Tax Service
44 Hawley Street, 2nd Floor
P. O. Box 1766
Binghamton, NY 13902

Telephone: 607.778.2169 or 607.778.2124
Fax: 607.778.2359

BCRealProp@co.broome.ny.us

Real Property Tax Service Staff
Kevin P. Keough, Director
Susan Pufky, Assistant Director
Timothy M. Reardon, County Receiver of Taxes
Dane Clark, Tax Map Technician

Services

• Train and assist local assessors in coordination with NYS Office of Real Property
• Train members of Boards of Assessment Review
• Assist assessors with the completion of annual reports
• Provide assessment rolls and exemption forms to local assessors
• Work with towns and school districts for preparation of tax rolls, tax bills, and mailing
• Provide property and assessment information to taxpayers, property owners, and other interested parties
• Maintain property sales records
• Serve as the tax collection agency for the towns of Union, Dickinson, and Conklin and for the City of Binghamton and Binghamton City School District.
• Maintain tax maps for all towns and villages in Broome County
• Administer the installment tax payment program
• Identify the delinquent tax parcels and manage the county tax foreclosure auctions

Calendar

• March 1 of each calendar year - "Taxable Status Date", the determining date for assessment per condition and ownership of a property. Also, the final date for the filing of exemptions.
• May 1 - Publication and filing of the tentative assessment rolls for each town
• Fourth Tuesday of May - Grievance Day. Last date for the filing of a formal complaint on an assessment. Meeting of the Boards of Assessment Review.
• July 1 - Publication and filing of the Final Assessment Rolls for each town.
• September - School taxes
• January - Town and County taxes

Exemptions

All real property tax exemptions are administered at the local level. Please contact the town assesor.

• Town Assessors

Tax Mapping

The tax mapping division of the RPTS maintains the tax maps for the 16 towns and 7 villages in the County of Broome. Tax maps and updates are provided to the local assessors� offices and are available for examination and inspection at the RPTS office. Updates to the maps are processed on a continual basis. Copies of these maps are available at a minimal charge through the Planning Department.

Tax Installment Program

The Broome County Real Property Tax Service provides an installment tax program for those taxpayers who have become delinquent in the payment of their real property tax and are in danger of county tax foreclosure. Upon entering this program, the taxpayer is required to make a down payment of 25% of the taxes due; the remaining amount is to be paid over 24 monthly payments with 1% monthly (12% annual) interest charged. Also and most importantly, all new taxes coming due during that 24 month period must be kept current.

For more specific information, please contact the Real Property Tax Service.

Tax Collection

The Broome County Office of Real Property Services has worked with the Inter-Governmental Relations Committee of the County Legislature to consolidate the collection of real property taxes in an effort to reduce the operating costs of those collections. Since 1998, the Broome County Office of Real Property Tax Services has collected property taxes for the Town of Union. Since January 2003, the RPTS has been performing this same service for the Town of Dickinson. In January 2005, the RPTS began collecting property tax for the Town of Conklin.  Effective September 1, 2006, Broome County Real Property began collection of taxes for the City of Binghamton and the Binghamton City School District.

Payments by mail for Binghamton City School District and for the City of Binghamton are sent directly to:

BC Receiver of Taxes
P. O. Box 2087
Binghamton NY 13902

Payments by mail for the Town of Union are sent directly to:

BC Receiver of Taxes
P. O. Box 1400
Binghamton, NY 13902

Payments by mail for the Town of Dickinson are sent directly to:

BC Receiver of Taxes
P. O. Box 1608
Binghamton NY 13902

Payments by mail for the Town of Conklin are sent directly to:

BC Receiver of Taxes
P. O. Box 370
Binghamton NY 13902

In person payments may be made at the Real Property Tax office as well as at offices within each town for the convenience of the taxpayer. Payments may be made by personal or bank check or in cash; cash payments should be made in person only and not sent through the mails.