San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector

You wait an hour to talk to someone and they don’t waive late fees for first time home owners.

Bunch of rip off artists and scammers. I understand paying property taxes is a part of the business – knew that when I bought my place back in Sept. Nor did I complain when our taxes tripled this year. Then it started. Last spring we received a wonderful supplementary tax for 2 gran. There was a dispute as to whom the bill belonged to. me or the previous owner. I was told not to worry about it, so I didn’t. Then months pass by and informed by my mortgage company that I have a delinquent tax bill over 2,600 and acquiring interest as I’m speaking with this blood sucker on the phone. Ok. My mortgage company decided to pay it and up went my mortgage another 87 bucks a month. Ok… so be it. Glad it is over. When I asked the rep over the phone are there going to be any other «surprise tax bills to expect… she said no. I asked three times to be sure. The answer was «NO.» Then 3 more months come along and here comes another separate tax bill for a total of nearly 2000 dollars!!! I’m not kidding! not only that… it was mailed 2 months late and only given 30 days to pay the first installment (which of course I don’t have. – Government agencies don’t understand wtf a budget is because they just spend and waste and up everyone’s taxes when they run out of cash.) I called them and told them that we had to borrow money out of retirement to pay this EXTRA tax and the company forgot to mail our check. I told them that we will gladly pay it when we get the money but the deadline is Feb. 18^th. Well it is 14^th and we won’t have it by then. The lady said that they cannot extend the deadline? I asked why? NOTHING! Is the world going to come to an end if they get their money a few days late after they mailed the bill 2 months late themselves? Is some crack head not going to get his welfare check to buy drugs going to hurt him for a couple of days? We all know the reason. They want more money and can get it by sticking me with a penalty fee. Why should I be penalized for their stupid mistakes? Bunch of crooks. The dumb lady on the phone said I could just pay the first payment to avoid the fee. NO DUH idiot! If I actually HAD THE MONEY, I would pay it! That is what I’m trying to tell you. Bunch of idiots and crooks and I wish someone would investigate these criminals. I guess the government can just make up its rules to best serve them. A Government for the government and by the government and only for the government!

Everyone seemed friendly enough, but I felt like a fool and wasted a bunch of time. I presented my refund check (they accidentally overcharged me last year), a check which was conspicuously emblazoned with the phrase «void if not presented to county treasurer within 6 months.» Assuming this was typical government hoops to jump through designed to frustrate people into letting their checks expire worthless (or perhaps just drive us crazy) I took it literally and brought it in to present to «the treasurer.» The woman helping me said I needed to just go cash it at my bank, and for an explanation «I don’t know why he puts that phrase on there, it’s just like a regular check.» If anyone reading this was about to make the same mistake, you’re welcome!

Called the office to have some questions about supplemental tax clarified. Taxes are never really pleasant to pay, but the service I received was excellent. Waiting time in telephone queue was reasonable despite it being Monday and a day before delinquency. The lady who helped me with the questions I had was friendly, clear and straight to the point about her explanation. No time wasted.

Color me completely surprised. I spent a whole day doing research here on some properties and I was overwhelmed by how friendly the staff here are. Everyone bent over backwards to make sure I understand how all the micro-​films worked and were very efficient (surprise, surprise) in facilitating all the transactions that took place. The first thing you hear when you call their office is their emphasis on customer service and it’s refreshing to see how that is honored when working with the various offices here. Overall, very pleasantly surprised and pleased!!!

its springtime! ya know what that means? the days are getting longer… its warmer, the smell of flowers is in the air… and…
dan mcallister is holding out his hand to all the homeowners of san diego for their 2^nd installment. time for your sunshine living tax again!
im just gonna come right out at say it, property taxes suck. ya know what else sucks? the fact that people who have owned for decades right next door to me are paying a fraction of what i am for my place =(so it goes — everyone pays roughly 1% of what their place sold for… not current value. so myrtle mc golden girl gets to pay like $ 500 bucks a year while susie q first time home buyer pays $ 5,000. sweet.
a lot of people are simply blinking their eyes at this rant… its all an invisible monthly auto-​pay to an impound account for them. but for people like me who choose to pay manually for the lump sum, its a sting that never lessons.
blah blah taxes are necessary. blah blah they pave the roads you drive on. blah blah they make public schools possible… blah blah fire dept… libraries…i know, i know. here, just take your damn money.
ive never been to the office. luckily the tax man is up with the times and you can pay via e-​check for free at
. this allows me to wait until the day before its delinquent to pay my bill (if i wanted). you get that lovely email confirmation from TAXMAN, wave good bye to your bank account, and get to forget about it until the next bill comes in Oct. hooray.
see you in december dan.

Adequate service. It’s a step above the DMV, and usually you’re going there to pay property taxes, so not generally something you enjoy.