Tax payment collection rate up despite COVID - 19 pandemic During the COVID - 19 pandemic, some taxpayers have had their work hours cut, have experienced layoffs, or even lost their jobs in company closures. These challenges have not stopped citizens from making timely payments. Orange County Treasurer Dawn Herndon states, “ We have a collection rate of 96%, up 2% from this time last year. This is a testament to the taxpayers of Orange County who, even in difficult times, meet their obligation to fund essential county services. “ The Treasurer ’ s Office understands county taxpayers ’ pandemic - related financial challenges. To help taxpayers stay current, they sent an additional delinquent notice in July, giving citizens another opportunity to pay in full or to make arrangements to pay the Treasurer ’ s Office directly by September. The office has always offered payment plans to taxpayers and allows prepay- ments. Their helpful service has not gone unnoticed. One staff member recently received flowers from a taxpayer in apprecia- tion of the caring assistance she received. The Treasurer ’ s Office has been working with IT staff and Management Services to implement touchless credit card pay- ments at the Treasurer ’ s Office and to start accepting credit card payments at other county departments. Customers will be able to swipe their credit cards without handing them to the staff members taking the payments. Ms. Herndon believes that this safer system will soon be implemented.
Local COVID - 19 testing sites
COVID - 19 Drive - in Screening and Testing
111 Short St. Orange VA 22960
Phone: (540) 672 - 9000
Orange Family Physicians
13198 James Madison Highway Orange VA 22960
Phone: (540) 672 - 3010
UVA Primary Care Locust Grove
4376 Germanna Hwy Locust Grove VA 22508
Phone: (540) 972 - 7798
Information Links
CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus/2019 - nCoV/index.html Virginia Department of Health - https:// www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/ Coronavirus Self Checker - https:// www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 - ncov/ symptoms - testing/coronavirus - self - checker.html What to do if you are potentially exposed - https:// www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/ local - exposure/ Mayo Clinic ’ s Coronavirus State Tracking Map –Compare Orange to neighboring counties - https:// www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus - covid - 19/map/virginia
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