Integrated Online Tax Collection

How it Works

• Taxpayers connect to the SCA Tax Payment Website seamlessly through your municipal website. 
• Payers bring up their bill by entering parcel id, legal address, owner name, or bill number. 
• Taxpayers confirm their bill information and enter their payment information (either a credit card or bank routing number).  All payment information is verified for accuracy. 
  • Electronic check payments (ACH) may be subject to a charge by the processor bank. 
  • Credit card payments will be processed securely. 
  • Credit card payments are charged a convenience fee by the merchant bank.  This fee is charged directly to the taxpayer. 
• Payments are automatically processed and placed into tax payment batches in the SCA Tax Collection System based on the date, time, and type of the payment.  All bills will be marked as pending. 
• Since the On-Line Tax Payment feature is fully integrated with the SCA Tax Collection System, the status of paid and pending bills is available at the time of payment. This prevents duplicate payments.
• Reconciliation of ACH and credit card payments are done daily via reports from the ACH processing bank and the PayPal^® website.
  • Receipts are emailed to the taxpayer automatically for credit card payments. 
  • ACH payments are not official until they have “cleared” the bank. The taxpayer will receive only a confirmation of the payment submission. Official receipts may be issued at a later date by your tax office.

Major Features

• 128 bit (SSL) encryption

• Online check payments

• Online credit card payments

• ACH account validation before processing

• Custom parcel search methods

• Digital Signature option

• Email payment confirmations

• Payments fully integrate with the SCA Tax Collection Software.