Tax and Utility Due Dates and Penalties
Property tax bills are mailed once a year in early July with four, tear-off payment return stubs attached and may be paid quarterly as follows: 1st quarter is due on August 1st, 2nd quarter is due on November 1st, 3rd quarter is due on February 1st and the 4th quarter is due May 1st. If the tax levied is $100 or less, it shall be payable in a single installment due September 1st. For taxes levied over $100, if payment in full is desired, payment may be made in a single installment due September 1st.
Water & Waste Water (sewer) bills are mailed on or before September 15th and paid in 2 installments as follows: the 1st installment is due on October 15th and the 2nd installment is due on January 15th.
Penalties - Each installment of taxes or utilities, if paid on or before the last day of each installment period successively and in order, shall be free from any charge for interest. If installments are not paid by the 10th business day following the last date of the respective installment period or periods as they occur, then the whole tax or the utility bill or remaining unpaid balance of the tax or the utility bill as the case may be, shall immediately become due and payable and shall carry until collected a penalty at the rate of 12% per annum from August 1st for taxes and from October 15th for water and wastewater payments. Upon payment of any and all delinquent quarterly installments together with interest accrued on the full unpaid balance of the tax or utility, the right to pay the remaining tax or utility bill on the installment basis will be reinstated.
Fire District taxes are also due on real estate and personal property but not motor vehicles. These taxes are collected by the individual Fire Districts and not by the Town of South Kingstown. The 3 Fire Districts in the town are: Union Fire District (#401-783-0617), Kingston Fire District (#401-789-9131) and Indian Lake Fire District (#401-783-1811).