7:30 – 6:00 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
7:30 – 6:30 Thursday

Although the Tax Collector’s Office collects the taxes, the amount due is based on the assessment of the property. If you feel that your assessment is incorrect you will need to contact the Tax Assessor's Office.

For your convenience, the City of Danbury offers multiple ways for residents to pay taxes.

Payments will be accepted at the Office of the Tax Collector, City Hall, Danbury, CT, from 7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Monday through Wednesday, and from 7:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. on Thursdays, (office is closed on Fridays), or by mail addressed to: Tax Collector, PO Box 237, Danbury, CT 06813. If you pay by mail and need a receipt, send the appropriate stub with your check and a self-addressed stamped envelope.

You may also use the drop box located to the right of the main entrance of the building for payments before/after regular business hours.

In addition, you may make payments at the Danbury branches of the Savings Bank of Danbury and Union Savings Bank during their regular business hours.

Conveniently, the City of Danbury enables residents to pay taxes online. Please click the link below to proceed.

Real Estate and Personal Property (Businesses) addresses must be changed in writing and directed to the Tax Assessor’s Office. Motor Vehicle addresses are taken from the actual Department of Motor Vehicle registration, if you have not changed the address on the registration it will not be corrected until this is done.

Receipts are sent only if you include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

By state law, once a bill is considered delinquent, the rate of interest charged is 18% per year (or 1.5% per month) from the time the bill becomes due and payable (the date of the bill). Interest accrues on the first day of each month with the minimum interest charge being $2.00.

There are 2 programs for Veterans - both are based on income limits - 1. Additional Veterans program - the income limits are $33,500 for a single person and $40,900 for a married couple - The benefit is between 2,000 -6,000 off the assessment of their house or vehicle.- (the amount depends on their veteran status). The 2nd program is a local program- the income limits are $58,000 for a single person and $65,900 for a married couple. This benefit is 10% off the assessment of your house or vehicle. Applications are from February 1 through October 1 each year. For this year, taxpayers need to bring in a copy of their 2012 income tax return and a copy of their 1099 from Social Security (if applicable). The veteran should have their DD-214 honorable discharge filed in the Town Clerk's Office and they had to of served during war time.

Motor vehicle taxes are collected in July and January and are due in one installment.

According to city ordinances, we are not allowed to accept personal or business checks for late motor vehicle taxes. We can accept payment in cash, money order, or certified bank check.

If you have disposed of a vehicle prior to the end of the assessment period and not transferred license plates to another vehicle, you will need to provide proof of this to the Tax Assessor for a possible proration of this bill.

Taxes are assessed on October 1st, if your vehicle was still in Danbury at that time you will get a bill from Danbury and you will not get one from the town where you currently live until the following year.

If you vehicle was still registered in Connecticut on October 1st and you have since reregistered in another state you will need to provide information to the Tax Assessor’s Office to have the bill prorated for the time that you were in Connecticut.

Taxes are assessed on October 1st, if you were doing business as of that date the taxes are due in full for that year.

Real estate taxes come due in July of each year. In Danbury, the real estate taxes, if they are above $100 may be paid in 4 installments (July, October, January and April). Taxes are based on an assessment done on October 1 of the prior year.

When the deed is filed at the Town Clerk’s office, the information will be recorded and the Assessor will change the name and address on the piece of property.

Yes you are responsible for these taxes. While the assessment on the property was done on October 1 2015, the taxes become due in payable in July of 2016. Taxes are assessed in arrears, but paid current (when you pay the July installment you are paying for July, August & September.

Our current mill rate is 28.95.