Durham -- Durham County residents will begin to receive their 2010 real estate and personal property tax bills from the Durham County Tax Administration Office next week.
Once taxpayers receive their tax bills, payments should be mailed to P.O. Box 30090, Durham, NC 27702. Residents are advised to pay all taxes on or before Jan. 5 to avoid interest and additional collection costs.
Taxpayers can use e-services, an online payment option, which allows 2010 tax bills to be paid by credit card or by scheduling an electronic check payment.
Instructions on how to pay by using e-services is on the top portion of the tax bill. Information about e-services is also available on the Tax Administration website at tax.durhamcountync.gov.
Once on the site, taxpayers should follow the link for online tax payments. Tax bills may be posted online before they arrive in the mail.
Residents who need to make installments on their 2010 real and personal property tax bill can send payments from August until December.
For information regarding the 2010 tax bill, call the Durham County's Tax Call Center at 919-560-0300. Taxpayers may obtain tax bill information and parcel information by visiting the Durham County Tax Administration website to select the tax payment link.
On the Web: http: //www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/txad/On-line_Tax_Payments.html
Social Services board member appointed
Durham -- Carolyn Carver-Tann was recently appointed to the Durham County Department of Social Services Board by the State Social Services Commission.
Carver-Tann has had a distinguished career as a social worker in the public and private sectors, including serving as a social work supervisor at the Durham County Department of Social Services from 1989-1991.
She has served as an assistant professor at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tenn., and has been an instructor of Social Work at Delaware State College.
She has served as a social worker for nonprofits in Baltimore and as a caseworker at the Baltimore City DSS.
Most recently she has served as a family specialist/school social worker for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
Carver-Tann will be sworn into office at the Durham County Social Services Board meeting Aug. 18.
