Assessment and Collection Offices
41 Center Street, PO Box 191
Manchester, CT 06045-0191
Office hours: 8:20 am to 4:40 pm Monday - Friday
Offices open until 6:00 pm on Friday, July 31 and Monday, August 3, 2009
Assessment: (860) 647-3016
Tax Collection: (860) 647-3018
Fax: (860) 647-3099
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Members of Armed Forces- One car belonging to or leased by a serviceperson may be completely tax exempt. Call (860) 647-3012 for details. Application (Form #6) available in "Misc. Assessment Forms" or the Document Center

COLLECTOR OF REVENUE - (860) 647-3018
Tax bills were mailed on June 25, 2009 and are payable during the month of July, 2009 through 6:00P.M. on August 3, 2009. These tax bills include Motor Vehicles and first-half installments for Real Estate and Personal Property. Payments not received by Monday, August 3, 2009 are subject to an interest charge of 1.5% per month from the July due date. The minimum interest charge is $2.00. Please note that there is no additional mailing for the second-half Real Estate and Personal Property installments; both billing coupons are included in the June mailing. Please save your receipts for income tax purposes. Also, if you are using an on-line bill paying service through your bank, be sure to specify in the check memo what it is you are paying.

Tax payments may be made at the Collectors Office in Town Hall, by mail to the address at the top of this page or on our On-line Tax Payment site. Current tax payments (not delinquent taxes) may also be made at the Customer Service and Information Center in Town Hall or at any Manchester branch of New Alliance Bank or Enfield Savings Bank.  Please make sure to bring your current bill with you as New Alliance and Enfield Savings cannot look up your tax account. These banks can accept full payments only for the July or January installments; they cannot accept partial payments. Also for your convenience, there is a night-drop box for non-cash payments at the rear of Town Hall near the handicap access door. The Assessment & Collection office will offer extended hours - 8:20 a.m. through 6:00p.m. - on Friday, July 31 and Monday, August 3, 2009.

Bills may be paid by cash, check, money order, debit card or Discover card (with a 3% user fee.) Delinquent car taxes needing immediate DMV clearance may not be paid by check. The Town also maintains a drop-box for non-cash payments to the Collector of Revenue by the handicap-access door behind Town Hall.

You may reach theManchester Tax Collector at 647-3018, and the Assessor's Office at 647-3016/Fax: 647-3099. Property located in much of the northern section of Manchester is billed for taxes and utilities partly by the Town and partly by the Eighth Utilities District at 18 Main Street. The Eighth District Tax Collector can be reached at (860) 643-9648. Click here for Tax Payment Tips.

Failure to receive a tax bill does not invalidate the tax liability - if you own property in Manchester and have not received a tax bill, please call the Collector of Revenue at (860) 647-3018.

Manchester Sewer and Water bills may now be paid on-line at the Utility Bill Payment site.

ASSESSOR'S OFFICE - (860) 647-3016
The Town implemented a revaluation for the October 1, 2006 grand list, phasing-in the new assessments over three years.

According to the phase-in plan, the difference between the previous and new assessment will be gradually implemented over the course of three years. For example, if a 2005 assessment of $100,000 is revalued to $160,000, then for the 2006 grand list (taxed in July 2007,) the new taxable assessment would be $120,000; the 2007 grand list assessment (taxed in July 2008) would be $140,000; the 2008 assessment (taxed in July 2009) would be the full $160,000.

The mission of the Assessor's Office is to accurately and fairly assess the value of all real estate, personal property and motor vehicles located in the Town of Manchester in accordance with Connecticut state law. The office also administers various exemption and abatement programs related to property taxes for veterans, low-income seniors and disabled.