BARTOW, Fla. – The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County’s (TCPC) offices will be closed this Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday! Regular hours will resume on Monday, November 27. Additionally, TCPC’s tag office partners Winter Haven Legion Tag Agency and First Lakeland Tag Agency …
Polk County Tax Collector’s Office Will Close Friday to Observe Veterans Day
BARTOW, Fla. — The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County (TCPC) will be closed on Friday, November 10, in observance of Veterans Day. Regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) will resume on Monday, November 13. Tax Collector Joe G. Tedder recognizes and celebrates all the heroes …
Polk County Tax Collector Alerts Property Owners: Tax Bills Are In the Mail
BARTOW, Fla. – Polk County property owners should be aware they will soon receive a 2023 Property Tax Notice in the mail! The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County (TCPC), Joe G. Tedder, expects property owners will receive the bills within the next few days. Up to 1% of …
Kids Tag Art Awards Polk Art Teachers Through School Board Check Presentation
BARTOW, Fla. – The Tax Collector for Polk County, Joe G. Tedder, was proud to present a check to the Polk County School Board in its Tuesday night meeting! The 2022-2023 Kids Tag Art (KTA) program’s fundraising totals set new records; the check, in the amount of $42,448, represents dollars sent …
Polk County Tax Collector’s Office to Offer Saturday Hours for Road Tests October 28
LAKE ALFRED, Fla. — The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County (TCPC) is pleased to announce Saturday hours will be available for those in need of a road test on October 28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its Lake Alfred service center location. Customers should note …
Deadline for Polk Businesses to Pay County Local Business Tax (BTR) Nears
BARTOW, Fla. — The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County (TCPC), Joe G. Tedder, reminds business owners that the deadline to renew their County Local Business Tax Receipt (BTR) is Monday, October 2, 2023. Any business that does not renew its BTR by the deadline will face late …
Tax Collector Warns Homeowners of ‘PACE’ Home Service Loan Offers
BARTOW, Fla. — The Tax Collector for Polk County, Joe G. Tedder, is urging homeowners to beware and to proceed with caution when approached with ‘PACE’ agreements to pay for energy-efficient and storm-hardening features on their property tax bills! Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, offers a loan program to …
Kids Tag Art Program Raises Over $2 Million for Elementary Arts Education in Florida
BARTOW, Fla. – The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County, Joe. G. Tedder, is proud to announce a new milestone reached in fundraising for elementary school art programs in the 2022-2023 school year! Kids Tag Art (KTA), a 501(c)(3) program founded in Polk County, has exceeded $2 Million …
Kids Tag Art Awards of Distinction Announced
LAKELAND, Fla. – Talented art students from across Polk County were honored and celebrated at the 17th Kids Tag Art (KTA) Awards of Distinction (AoD) ceremony in Lakeland on Thursday night. The Kids Tag Art (KTA) program, created in Polk County, now spans 15 counties across Florida. It inspires young …
Kids Tag Art Awards Ceremony To Recognize Polk County Fifth Graders
LAKELAND, Fla. – Talented art students from across Polk County will be honored and celebrated at the 17th annual Kids Tag Art (KTA) Awards of Distinction (AoD) ceremony on Thursday evening! The Kids Tag Art (KTA) program, created in Polk County, now spans 15 counties across Florida. It inspires young …