Orange County rush to pay property taxes boosts collections 9-fold

The Orange County rush to pay property tax bills early to beat a diminishing tax break meant collections on Friday, Dec. 29, ran nine times higher than a year ago.
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Orange County Treasurer Shari Freidenrich reports that on Friday, Dec. 29, her office collected 17,000 property tax payments worth $85 million for the second tax installment due April 10. On the same day a year ago, 1,800 bills for $9.6 million were collected.
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