The Official Web Site of the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tax Collector's Office
Toni Lyn McGowan, RICC, Tax Collector : taxcollector@tiverton.ri.gov
Kelly Perry, Supervising Clerk
Donna Armstrong, Clerk
Office: 401-625-6706 Fax: 401-625-6702
Our hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. .
The Tiverton Tax Collection Office is responsible for accepting payments for real estate, motor vehicle (2021 and Prior) and tangible taxes.
PLEASE NOTE: Tax bills are normally issued in early June for a 1st Quarter Due Date of July 1st. With the new budget process, the First Quarter Due Date is now October 1st. Your 2024 Tax Bill will be mailed around the second week of September.
1st Quarter - October 1st, 2024
2nd Quarter - January 1st, 2025
3rd Quarter - April 1st, 2025
4th Quarter - July 1st, 2025
Online access to your tax bill/account summary or to make a payment using a credit/debit card or eCheck
Tax Rates for Real Estate and Tangible Property: (Motor Vehicles are no longer taxed)
2024: $11.05
2023: $14.90
2022: $14.63
2021: $14.27
2020: $16.19
2019: $15.79
2018: $16.39
2017: $19.05
Recent Tax Rate History (1997 - 2023) - Tax Rates from 1893 - 1996
2020 Tax Rates by Municipality (Report by RI Division of Finance)
While many factors go into setting a tax rate, including the level of Federal and State Funding, Hotel and Meal Taxes, and time of revaluations, a simple look at Tiverton Tax Rate(s) for 2020 in all categories, shows that Tiverton's tax rate was lower than half the state. Out of the 39 cities and towns, Tiverton's rank in 2020:
Residential Properties: 17th Lowest
Commercial Properties: 16th Lowest
Tangible Property: 16th Lowest
Tax Bills
Tax bills are mailed out annually in late August/early September and payments may be made in full or quarterly. Any total tax below $100.00 must be paid in full by November 1st (grace period to November 10) each year. If you choose to pay in full on bills over $100.00 payment must be made by November 1st (grace period to November 10). If you choose to pay quarterly, payments are due October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1. Each quarterly due date has a grace period to the 10th of the due month.
Tax Payments
Tax payments are accepted during regular hours by cash, check, or debit/credit card.
Checks should be made payable to TOWN OF TIVERTON. There is a $25.00 service fee for any check returned for insufficient funds. The Town cannot redeposit checks which have been returned for insufficient funds.
Credit card payments are accepted by calling 1-800-272-9829 or by logging onto www.officialpayments.com. When prompted for jurisdiction code, please enter 4904. There is a fee for this service that is collected by the credit card company and it varies depending upon the amount being charged.
In addition, for your convenience the Tax Collector has a tax payment drop box. Payments (check only) may be deposited there twenty-four hours a day. The box is emptied each day at 9:00 a.m. and payments are posted as received. The box is located outside the Town Hall next to the U.S. Postal Service Mailbox. Please be sure to put your payment in the correct box.
If you are interested in electronic payments for the payment of your real estate or motor vehicle tax, please click HERE
Taxes not paid by the due dates are subject to interest of 12% per annum calculated back to October 1st of the tax year. This amount is not negotiable; it is approved by the voters of the Town of Tiverton by referendum.
Delinquent Taxes and Tax Sales
Delinquent notices are sent out at least twice a year. Properties that have taxes delinquent taxes of two years are in jeopardy of being sold at tax sale. Tax sales are held once a year, the exact date varies. The 2024 Tax Sale was held on November 15th at 10:00 AM in the Council Chambers at the Tiverton Town Hall. Information on the 2025 tax sale will be posted in October 2025. A list of properties going to Tax Sale will be posted at the appropriate time. (This list may be updated as taxes are paid). Delinquent motor vehicle and tangible taxes are turned over to a collection agency if they remain delinquent for over two years.
Municipal Lien Certificates
Requests for municipal lien certificates are processed through the Collector's Office. This certificate sets forth the amount of taxes due and sewer fees, if any. There is a fee of $25.00 for each certificate requested. MLC Request Form
Water/Fire district taxes are processed by one of the two private water companies in the town. Information must be requested from them directly. They can be reached as follows:
North Tiverton Water District
401-624-8432
Stone Bridge Water District
401-624-4486
Tiverton Wastewater District
401-625-6701
FAQs
I escrow my real estate taxes, why am I receiving a tax bill?
We send out tax bills to the property owner only. In most cases, mortgage companies receive your tax bill information electronically.
I never recieved my tax bill, why am I being charged interest?
Under Rhode Island state statute 44-7-7, the collector shall, at the expense of the city or town, send notice to each person assessed of the amount of his or her tax. The notice shall be mailed postpaid and directed to the address on file in the Tax Assessor's office. Failure by the collector to send or failure by the taxpayer to receive a notice shall not excuse the nonpayment of the tax or affect its validity or any proceedings for the collection of the tax. Therefore, the tax and any subsequent interest penalty is due and payable. Please keep in mind that in the Town of Tiverton, tax bills are typically mailed in late August/early September.