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Tax Searches
Upon request, the Treasurer’s Office will process and
certify tax searches for a fee of $15.00 per
parcel/search.
Certificate of Residency
In order to qualify for the resident tuition rates at
community colleges in New York State, a Washington
County resident enrolling as a student in a community
college as a non-resident (attending a community college
other than Adirondack Community College) must file a
certificate of residence issued no sooner than sixty
(60) days prior to the start of classes and no later
than thirty (30) days after the college’s first day of
classes.
If a student fails to
obtain a Certificate within this time frame, they will
be responsible for paying the non-resident tuition
rate. Certificates are valid for a period of one year.
To be eligible, the
student (applicant) must be a continuous resident of New
York State for one year immediately preceding the date
of application and a resident of Washington County for
at least one month within the six months immediately
preceding the date of application.
The Treasurer’s office
issues the Certificate of Residence upon the
submission of an Affidavit (or Affirmation) and
Application for Certificate of Residence form completed
in its entirety and signed by the student in the
presence of a notary. Proof of
domicile must be provided at the time of making
application.
 Download / Print -
Application for
Certificate of Residence Form
The form can be filed with
the County Treasurer by mail or in person at the
Washington County Treasurer’s Office, Washington County
Municipal Center, Building B, 2nd Floor, 383
Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828.
Occupancy Tax
Per Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 230, dated
September 18, 2009, Title: To Adopt Introductory Law
"B"
of 2009, “A Local Law to Enact an Occupancy Tax as
Authorized by Act of The New York State Legislature
(Chapter 102 of the Laws of 2009)” was adopted.
This law imposes a 4% tax
on or after December 1, 2009 upon the rent for every
occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel or motel located
within the County, except that such tax shall not be
imposed upon (a) a permanent resident of a hotel or
motel or (b) housekeeping cottages having less than four
(4) rentable units. The County Treasurer has been
designated by this law to administrate, collect and
enforce the imposed occupancy tax.
The revenues derived from
the occupancy tax, less the amount provided for
administrating the tax, are to be allocated for tourism
promotion through the promotion of tourist activities,
conventions, trade shows, special events and other
directly relating and supporting activities.
Certificate of Registration Form - Application for
Certificate of Authority to Collect Hotel Occupancy Tax
Occupancy Tax Return
Occupancy Tax - Instructions for Preparing Tax Return Form
Sales Tax Distribution to Washington County Municipal
Subdivisions
(New York State Sales Tax 4%; Washington County Sales
Tax 3%: Total Sales Tax 7%)
The Treasurer is
responsible for the collection and distribution of the
County’s sales tax revenue to towns and villages that
opt to receive sales tax monies in lieu of a County real
property tax reduction.
Any County pursuant to Tax
Law §1262 Disposition of revenues from taxes imposed by
cities under one million, counties and school districts,
by local law, ordinance or resolutions may distribute
sales tax monies to towns, villages and cities.
This law authorizes a town
or village in the county to adopt a local law, ordinance
or resolution to elect cash, in lieu of a county real
property tax reduction. Any town or village may provide
that all or any specified part of the amounts which
should be applied to reduce the county taxes and general
town taxes levied upon real property in any such town or
village be paid directly to them to be used for any town
or village purpose.
In compliance with §1262
and per Board of Supervisors’ Resolution no. 366 dated
11/09/2006 (period 01/01/2007-12/31/2008), Resolution
no. 157 dated 05/16/2008 (period 01/01/2009-12/31/2010),
Resolution no. 262 dated 10/16/2009 (period
01/01/2011-12/31/2012) , the Treasurer allocates the net
sales tax collections quarterly to its town and villages
that opt to receive the monies. The annual amount
allocated for distribution since the adoption of the
distribution provisions by Washington County in 2006
(first distribution was in 2007) has been $1,000,000.
Methodology for distribution: five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000.) on the basis of the respective
populations of the towns in the county (determined with
the latest federal census) and five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000.) on the basis of the ratio which the
full valuation of real property in each town bears to
the aggregate full valuation of real property in all of
the towns in the County. The amount paid to the village
within the towns is determined by the ratio that the
full valuation of real property in the village or
portion thereof within the town in which such village is
located bears to the full valuation of real property in
the entire town.
Sales Tax Recap
2011
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