A taxing time the rest of the week

If tradition holds, the counter staff at the Oconee Treasurer’s Office face a busy week, cut short by the Christmas holidays.  Many county taxpayers wait until the final calendar days of the year to pay their property taxes to qualify for a deduction on income tax returns.  Others satisfy their obligation to county government by paying online.  Still others, such as the county’s highest taxpayer, Duke Energy, pay their property tax bills before the first late penalty applies in mid January.