Tax Collector: Car Tax Bills Are Correct

Your motor vehicle property tax bill is correct.

That’s what town Tax Assessor Denise Hames and Tax Collector Carol Mahoney are telling residents who are concerned about the reported Y2K computer glitch in the state Department of Motor Vehicles that led to a double billing of some 23,000 people across Connecticut for their motor vehicle taxes.

DMV spokesman Bill Seymour said this week that some vehicle registration renewals entered into the DMV’s computer system between October 2, 1999, and the end of November 1999 were accidentally duplicated.

Newtown’s tax officials said that the double billing problem for the 1999 motor vehicle supplemental listing has been adjusted and that any new supplemental tax bills that were received by local residents this month are not erroneous and should be paid by February 1.