COH in Seattle?

[Alex]

The envelope I got with my property tax bill has PO Box in Seattle, WA address.What's up with that?

[Wao nahele wahine]

I remember calling them about the Seattle address last year. It's the correct address, but seems very odd to me. I don't remember them giving me an explanation as to why the property tax bills are sent to Seattle.

Wahine

[Alex]

Easier to collect late fees?[]

[Bullwinkle]

needs to get completed on time and correctly - so the county outsourced it - grin

[Alex]

Do they have to spend extra money to process payments in the other state?

[dwedeking]

In the short term it's probably cheaper as the people in Seattle have better connections to offshore labor in a foreign country. Long term it would be cheaper to employ a local person, keeping that money on the island in the local economy (but I'm not as smart as the politicians and bureaucrats so don't listen to me).

[james weatherford]

"cheap"?

[laniA]

quote:

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Originally posted by dwedeking

In the short term it's probably cheaper as the people in Seattle have better connections to offshore labor in a foreign country.

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Are you saying Seattle is a" middleman" and sends our payments to a foreign country to be processed?

[dwedeking]

laniA

I would guess that would be the case as that is the most common business model. Either way it's taking money off the island which is the main point.

[PaulW]

"Do they have to spend extra money to process payments in the other state?"

My guess would be that they have to spend extra money to process payments in this state.
Good to see the county doing cost-cutting.