Mortgage & Title Industry

Payment Options:

• OPTION 1: full payment by January 31
  • Tax bills: calculated & mailed by the 3rd Monday in December
  • E-bill on AccessDane: idenitfies "who to pay" & "amount to pay" from the original tax bill
• OPTION 2: installments
  • City of Madison installments
    • Send to Madison before due dates
    • January 31, March 31, May 31, July 31
    • Send to Dane County after final due date
  • Non-Madison installments
    • January 31 (first installment to municipality)
    • July 31 (final installment to Dane County)
• PLEASE NOTE:
  • Dane County does NOT accept wire or ACH payments (see FAQ: Ways to Pay Dane County).
  • Partial payments are always accepted.
  • Must pay AT LEAST the amount due by the due date to prevent delinquency.
  • Payments received after 5 working days following a due date accrue monthly 1.5% interest & penalty as-of February 1 (10.5% in August).
  • "Who made a payment" is not recorded.
  • "Delinquencies and late payments" are not reported to credit companies (see Data Extractions below).

Check AccessDane for property tax information:

• E-Bill (accessdane.countyofdane.com)
  • Who to pay
  • When to pay
  • Amount to pay from the original tax bill
  • Current mill rate on the parcel
• E-Statement (accessdane.countyofdane.com)
  • Amount due to Dane County for the current month
  • Adjustable for future months
• Payment History (accessdane.countyofdane.com)
  • Tax year to which payments were applied
  • Date payments were posted
  • Dollar amount of payments

• Drainage District Payment Status (accessdane.countyofdane.com)
  • Current farm drainage assessment
  • Unpaid farm drainage balance due

• PLEASE NOTE:
  • December tax bills are based on parcel status and assessment as-of Janaury 1 in the given calendar year.
  • Tax bills of parcel/s split or merged mid-year (retired-parent parcel/s) are mailed to the last recorded owner/s of the retired-parent parcel/s.
  • You may need to check retired-parent parcel/s for tax status, as this would affect the child parcel/s.
  • Buttons, like the sample above, are at the top of each parcel page in AccessDane and navigate to the respective parent or child parcel/s.

Overpayments:

• "Who made a payment" is not recorded.
• Overpayments are returned to the person or entity that created the overpayment.
• Payment History on AccessDane identifies
  • Date payments were posted
  • Dollar amount of payments
• Payment History on AccessDane should reflect approximately when the bank processed said payment.

Mill Rates:

• AccessDane (e-Bill for parcel-specific; may need to view "parcel parents" if created this year & no tax information)
• Current Tax Year (Dane County; NOT City of Madison)
• treasurer@cityofmadison.com (ONLY City of Madison)

Data Extractions:

• TWO data extractions provided by email are created from multiple records and can be linked via parcel number
  • Property Description Extraction $125
    • Owner names
    • Addresses
    • Assessment information
  • Tax Information Extraction (Bank Exchange file) $75
    • Current tax year
      • BEFORE July 31 due date: excludes City of Madison
      • AFTER July 31 due date: includes City of Madison
    • Prior tax years: includes all Dane County municipalities
  • Make check payable to:

• Email questions to: treasurer@countyofdane.com
• PLEASE NOTE:
  • Data extraction requests between late November and early December will be provided after tax bills are prepared on the 3rd Monday of the December.
  • Data extraction requests around January 31 or July 31 dues date will be available after the respective February or August settlement is complete.