From the Office of the Ellis County Treasurer

As previously announced, due to a clerical error, taxes for townships in Ellis County were incorrectly calculated. A corrected tax statement will be mailed today. This statement will have “Amended” in the right top corner. Because the tax error was small, in many cases it didn’t change the tax amount.

In an effort to save county resources, tax statements will only be mailed to taxpayers whose tax amounts changed. If you don’t receive a corrected tax statement by Monday, December 12, your original tax bill should be correct.

To check your tax amount,visit the Property Tax Search on the e-treasury.us website. A direct link to the tax search engine is http://ks292.cichosting.com/ttp/tax/search/search_tax.aspx.

Since tax amounts decreased, the deadline has not been extended. If you have already mailed your tax payment, we are working on processing mail as quickly as we are able. We are processing mail on a first in first out basis. Due to the error, processing the payments is taking longer than normal. If you receive an amended statement and have paid your first half taxes, you will receive a credit towards the amount due for your second half taxes. If you have already paid your taxes in full, you will be receiving a refund.

If you receive mail from the Treasurer’s office, please examine it to see if you have an included check. We apologize for the small amounts of the checks, but for accounting purposes we ask that you cash the check as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience while we process the tax payments.