Frank Miles for Treasurer

Treasurer's office offering help desk


Will be available at the Glen Carbon Homecoming celebration
By STEVE RENSBERRY
srensberry@edwpub.net

Published: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:46 AM CDT
Madison County residents who have questions about their property taxes or the tax process in general are in luck if they plan to attend the Glen Carbon Homecoming celebration this weekend.

The Help Desk of Madison County Treasurer Frank Miles will be available at the event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Other Homecoming events will continue until midnight on both nights.

“We will have information available at our fingertips with the help of laptop computers that will allow the staff to access important property tax information to address individual taxpayer’s questions,” Miles said in a statement released to the media.

“We will also be distributing informational brochures on programs that are of particular interest to county residents.”

Information will be available on a range of topics, Miles said, including the tax cycle process, tax payment options, senior tax relief through the senior tax deferral program, and the steps involved in appealing a property assessment.

“We will even provide residents with the forms necessary to appeal property assessments. Information will also be available to Madison County residents concerning unclaimed property through the state of Illinois’ “Cash Dash” program,” Miles said.

Residents of Madison County can also get help by visiting the Treasurer’s Office Web site at www.madcotreasurer.org, by calling 692-6260, or by visiting the Treasurer’s Office on the first floor of the Madison County Administration Building on Main Street in downtown Edwardsville.