Nola Reporter

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans Bureau of Treasury today announced that homeowners in Orleans Parish will receive their 2024 property tax bills at the end of January 2024. This change is due to a scheduled public hearing on Jan. 18, 2024, by the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) to determine whether to roll their millage rates forward. 

Millage payments are collected by the City and distributed to the taxing authorities to provide needed tax revenue within their annual budgets that cover projected expenses, including roads, schools, emergency services and more. OPSB is considering a “roll forward” that will restore their 2023 millage rate for 2024 after the mandatory roll down required of all authorities following a quadrennial reappraisal.  

The Jan. 18 hearing to decide whether OPSB should "roll forward" will be determined after scheduled tax collections for 2024 begin. The process, which also includes requirements of the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, will require the Bureau of Treasury to issue delayed tax bills.

Homeowners will receive their bills by mail and will also have access to tax bills online at nola.gov/find-tax-bill/. Taxpayers will have until Feb. 29, 2024, to submit payments before interest accrues monthly at one percent. 

The Bureau of Treasury offers several different ways tax payments can be submitted to make the payment process easier. 

Available payment options include:  

• Mail in payment with the scannable bill stub using the enclosed envelope 
  • Accepted forms of payment are check, money order and cashier’s check (no cash) 
  • Paying online at the City’s website at www.nola.gov   
    • No convenience fee when you use your checking account (e-check)  
    • Credit or debit card use is available
    • 2.49 percent processing fee will be added
    • Available all day, every day – no weather or parking concerns  
    • Payment is posted effective the date the bank payment is authorized
    • Only payments of the entire tax bill are accepted through the website
• Curbside Drop Off is available at the following public libraries from Tuesday, Feb. 27 to Thursday, Feb. 29:
  • East New Orleans Regional Library, 5641 Read Blvd. 
  • Norman Mayer Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd.  
  • Mid-City Library, 4140 Canal St.  
  • Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive  
  • Accepted forms of payment include check, money order or cashier’s check (no cash)
    • Be sure to include the bill stub and indicate the property address and bill number  
    • No receipt will be provided

City of New Orleans employees will be available at each drop-off location from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Residents are urged to please submit sealed envelopes containing no more than three property tax stubs and payments. As a reminder, cash will not be accepted, and receipts will not be provided.  

Information about paying online, by mail, by phone, or in-person will also be available at nola.gov/property-tax/.

Original source can be found here.