Carroll County?s tax bill just got a makeover.
When 64,000 residents view their annual property tax bills in July, they?ll find that a color-coded, laser-printed invoice has replaced the carbon-copy forms distributed for the past decade.
“This is cleaner, more legible and customer-friendly,” County Comptroller Rob Burk said.
The old bills, composed of white, yellow and pink carbon-copy sheets withtaxpayers? copies at the bottom, were sometimes difficult to read and confusing, Burk said.
Carroll is believed to be one of the last counties in the Baltimore region to print tax bills on dot matrix, with its signature perforated edges and hole-punched sides.
The new bill folds into its own mailer and eliminates the need for an envelope and a second sheet of paper. Burk said he hoped the savings on envelopes and paper would offset the higher printing costs.
The updated bill also uses tear-off payment coupons as easy-to-understand steps for paying in full or semiannually.
Each tax item is now written out instead of abbreviated so residents can more easily see how much they spend on the bay restoration fee or save with the senior tax credit.
