In less than a month’s time you’ll be receiving a motor vehicle property tax bill. Examine it closely because odds are strong it may not be right.
That’s the official word coming from the state Department of Motor Vehicles, the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, and the Connecticut Tax Collectors Association. In the wake of DMV’s conversion of data from an old registration computer system to the new one last August, mistakes were made that could affect up to 50,000 vehicle owners.
DMV Commissioner Michael Bzdyra said in a statement data in that old system was compiled from customers over decades and could have old addresses never changed by someone who moved or incorrect information given when registering a vehicle. DMV has collected registration information for decades in a variety of inconsistent ways, the department said. The new computer system attempts to standardize information so that there is consistency in DMV records as well as those given to towns for tax billing purposes.
Officials advised residents that if they received a tax bill from a municipality in which they did not reside or in which they did not have a vehicle (both as of October 1, 2015), they need to contact their assessor to request a transfer to the correct town or city of residency as of October 1, 2015.
Customers who need information to make a registration address change at DMV can go to the department’s website or call DMV at 860-263-5700.