Yes, but you must register by July 31. By paying in installments, you forfeit the 2% discount. The net amount of your taxes will be due in three equal payments on August 31, September 30, and October 31.

To register to pay in installments, email your name, address, phone number and parcel number to taxoffice@ucfsd.net or call 610-347-0970 x3321 by the deadline. You must be registered before any partial payments will be accepted. Payment instructions and coupons will be mailed on August 1.

If the final installment payment is not received by October 31, the penalty amount less any installment payments made is due. All taxes not paid in full by December 31 are turned over to the tax claim bureau. You need to register each year you plan to use the installment plan option.

Make check payable to “Unionville-Chadds Ford school District” and include bill or parcel number on the check. Mail payment and appropriate installment coupon to:

Notes:

• Payments are not accepted at any UCFSD school or building.
• No post-dated checks accepted.
• A $20.00 fee will be assessed on returned checks.
• If due date falls on a Sunday, payment is due the following business day.
• The official postmark date determines the payment amount the tax office can accept. Due dates are strictly adhered to.
• If there is an issue with your check, your check will be returned which could result in you owing the penalty amount.
• Postal issues (lost mail, missing postmark, etc.) do not entitle owner to remission of penalty on taxes.
• If the final installment payment is not received by October 31, the penalty amount less any installment payments made is due.
• Your cancelled check is your receipt. For a stamped receipt, send a copy of the coupon and a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment. Stamped receipt is not valid until check has cleared. If a stamped return envelope is not provided, a receipt will not be sent.
• School taxes that are not paid in full by the lien date will be turned over to the county tax claim bureau for collection with additional charges assessed by the county tax claim bureau.

Make check payable to “Unionville-Chadds Ford School District” and include bill or parcel number on the check. Mail payment and remittance copy of tax bill to:

Notes: 

• No post-dated checks accepted.
• A $20.00 fee will be assessed on returned checks.
• If due date falls on a Sunday, payment is due the following business day.
• The official postmark date determines the payment amount the tax office can accept. Due dates are strictly adhered to.
• If you pay the incorrect amount or there is an issue with your check, your check will be returned which could result in you missing the discount period or owing the penalty amount.
• Postal issues (lost mail, missing postmark, etc.) do not entitle owner to discount or remission of penalty on taxes.
• Your cancelled check is your receipt. For a stamped receipt, send both copies of your tax bill and a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment. Stamped receipt is not valid until check has cleared. If a stamped return envelope is not provided, a receipt will not be sent.

Make check payable to “Unionville-Chadds Ford School District” and include bill or parcel number on the check. Mail payment to:

Notes:

• No post-dated checks accepted.
• A $20.00 fee will be assessed on returned checks.
• If due date falls on a Sunday, payment is due the following business day.
• The official postmark date determines the payment amount the tax office can accept. Due dates are strictly adhered to.
• If you pay the incorrect amount or there is an issue with your check, your check will be returned which could result in you missing the discount period or owing the penalty amount.
• Postal issues (lost mail, missing postmark, etc.) do not entitle owner to discount or remission of penalty on taxes.
• Your cancelled check is your receipt. For a stamped receipt, send both copies of your tax bill and a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment. Stamped receipt is not valid until check has cleared. If a stamped return envelope is not provided, a receipt will not be sent.

Visit Municipay (electronic check fee is $1.25 per transaction; credit card fee is 2.5% with a $2.00 minimum fee).

Enter your search criteria (parcel number, bill number, or part of your name or billing address). Locate your tax bill. Click on the blue pay button for your parcel to add the tax bill to your cart. If you want to pay taxes for multiple parcels, repeat the process until all parcels have been added to your cart.

When done, click on the blue box in the upper right corner indicating how many items are in your cart. Click on the blue “Checkout Now” button. You can create an account or continue as a guest.

At the checkout screen, select “Credit/Debit”, “Digital Wallets”, or “ACH/Echeck”. The service fees will be displayed. Enter the information requested (the fields with an asterisk are required). Click on the check box to authorize the transaction. Click on the blue box to submit payment.

You should receive a confirmation email and text message if you provided a mobile phone number.

Mail a check made payable to “Unionville-Chadds Ford School District” along with the remittance copy of your tax bill, to:

Notes:

• Payments are not accepted at any UCFSD school or building or Fulton Bank.
• No post-dated checks accepted.
• A $20.00 fee will be assessed on returned checks.
• If due date falls on a Sunday, payment is due the following business day.
• The official postmark date determines the payment amount the tax office can accept. Due dates are strictly adhered to.
• If you pay the incorrect amount or there is an issue with your check, your check will be returned which could result in you missing the discount period or owing the penalty amount.
• Postal issues (lost mail, missing postmark, etc.) do not entitle owner to discount or remission of penalty on taxes.
• Failure to receive a tax bill does not entitle owner to discount or remission of penalty on taxes.
• Your cancelled check is your receipt. For a stamped receipt, send both copies of your tax bill and a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment. Stamped receipt is not valid until check has cleared. If a stamped return envelope is not provided, a receipt will not be sent.
• If you no longer own the property, please return tax bill to us. Please include name of new owner, if known.
• School taxes that are not paid in full by the lien date will be turned over to the county tax claim bureau for collection with additional charges assessed by the county tax claim bureau.

• Checks presented at a Fulton Bank branch should clear in 3 business days.
• Checks mailed to Fulton Bank along with the remittance copy of the tax bill should clear in 3 business days upon receipt. It could take as many as 15 business days if the remittance copy was not included.
• Checks mailed to the District Office should clear in 10 business days upon receipt.

The official postmark date determines the payment amount the tax office can accept. Due dates are strictly adhered to.

If your check was mailed and there was an issue with it, every effort will be made to contact you to resolve the issue in a timely manner, but you may miss out on the discount or owe the penalty.

It is the taxpayer’s responsibility to make sure tax bills are received and paid. If you are expecting a tax bill and do not receive one by the third week of July, email TaxOffice@ucfsd.net or call 610-347-0970 ext. 3321 to request a duplicate.

Act 57 requires tax collectors to waive the imposition of penalties, interest and other charges previously imposed for the late payment of real estate taxes in certain limited instances. Act 57 was intended to remedy the situation when a new property owner does not receive a real estate tax bill and only learns of the real estate taxes owed through a delinquency notice.

In order for a taxpayer to take advantage of relief under Act 57, the taxpayer must complete and sign form DCED-CLGS-70 titled Request for Waiver of Additional Charges Form within 12 months of acquiring a property. To be considered for the waiver, the taxpayer must prove their acquisition and ownership of the taxed property, sign an affirmation statement stating the real estate tax bill for the property was not received by the taxpayer and pay the entire amount of the face value of the real estate taxes owed on the property at the time the waiver form is submitted. All waiver forms and support must be emailed to TaxOffice@ucfsd.net or mailed to Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, Attn: Tax Office, 740 Unionville Rd, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Any questions on the status of a submitted form, email TaxOffice@ucfsd.net or call 610-347-0970 ext. 3321. An approved waiver will waive penalties and interest but not honor the discount amount.

No, failure to receive a tax bill does not entitle you to a discount or remission of penalty on taxes.

Contact the tax office at TaxOffice@ucfsd.net or 610-347-0970 ext. 3321 to request a duplicate.

Tax bills are only mailed to the last known postal address of the taxpayer. Tax bills are not mailed to mortgage companies, but the UCFSD Tax Office works with several tax servicing companies who may obtain tax billing information for your property. Contact your mortgage company to find out if you need to forward your bill to them for payment.

Yes. Provide the remittance copies of all the tax bills being paid along with the payment.

A majority of tax bills are paid by mortgage companies in the last week of August. You can reach out to the tax office to confirm if payment has been received. Email taxoffice@ucfsd.net with your name, address, and parcel number for the quickest response. Otherwise, call 610-347-0970 x3221.

Check with your mortgage company to be sure that they paid taxes on the correct parcel. Ask them if the check has been cashed. If the company continues to believe the bill was paid, ask them to contact the UCFSD Tax Office at 610-347-0970 x3321.

If you no longer own the property, please return the bill to the UCFSD Tax Office at 740 Unionville Rd, Kennett Square, PA 19348, indicating that the property was sold.Please include name of new owner, if known.

Title companies generally pro-rate the taxes between buyer and seller at the time of settlement. If the taxes are already paid, the buyer will reimburse you for the number of days left in the tax year. If the taxes are not paid, they are collected at settlement. If, at the time of settlement, you already paid in discount, it will benefit you and the buyer.

Qualified seniors and permanently disabled citizens can visit the Pennsylvania Tax/Rent Rebate Program website to determine if they qualify for a rebate.

Qualified seniors and permanently disabled citizens may apply for a UCFSD tax rebate equal to the rebate amount they receive from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under their Act 1 Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program.

Taxpayers must file their claim for the rebate with the UCFSD Director of Finance on or before June 30, 2027.

Only one individual per District homestead is entitled to a rebate from the District. If two or more individuals are able to meet the qualifications, the rebate will be paid to the individual who received the property tax or rent rebate under PA's Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program. The application is available here.

If you do not pay your tax bill by December 31, you will receive a letter from the Chester County Tax Claim Bureau or Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau with payment options.

Complete a change of address form for the appropriate county. Submitting a change of address form will change the mailing address of your county and township tax bills as well. 

• Chester County Change of Mailing Address Form
• Delaware County Change of Mailing Address Form

The code for Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is 15850.

Contact the assessment office for the appropriate county.

• Chester County Assessment Office 
• Delaware County Assessment Office

Contact the assessment office for the appropriate county.

• Chester County Assessment Office 
• Delaware County Assessment Office

A written tax certification is $10 per year/per parcel for non-residents. If an emailed certification is acceptable, indicate that on your request and it will be emailed to the address provided. If you want the tax certification to be mailed back to you, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. If a return envelope is not provided, the certification will be emailed. There is no charge for verbal tax information.

Mail your requests and fee due to:

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
Attn: Tax Office
740 Unionville Rd
Kennett Square, PA 19348

The interim tax bill will say “INTERIM REAL ESTATE TAX BILL ENCLOSED” on the front. Once opened, the tax bill will be printed on yellow paper and say “INTERIM REAL ESTATE TAX BILL” at the top.

Interim taxes are levied under ACT 544 of 1953 (Section 677.1) on the increase in assessed valuations of property as a result of construction or improvements to that property and are in addition to your annual bill. The county assessment office mails you a letter informing you of the increase and to expect an interim tax bill.

Interim tax bills are only mailed to the last known postal address of the taxpayer. Contact your mortgage company to find out if they will pay your interim tax bill.

Taxes are payable as follows:

• Taxes paid within the first two months of the bill date may take advantage of the 2% discount amount.
• Taxes paid during the third and fourth months from the bill date are due at the net amount.
• Taxes paid after the fourth month and until the lien date are due at the penalty amount.

If an interim tax bill is issued in January-June, taxes not paid by December 31 of the same year are turned over to the tax claim bureau. Otherwise, interim taxes not paid by December 31 of the following year are turned over to the tax claim bureau.

To find out if you have an outstanding interim tax bill, email the UCFSD Tax Office at TaxOffice@ucfsd.net with your name, address, phone number, and parcel number or call 610-347-0970 ext. 3321.

The interim tax bill is calculated by taking the assessment increase provided by the county assessment office multiplied by the millage rate (1 mill is equivalent to $1 of tax for each $1,000 of property) multiplied by the number of months effective during the tax year. The time period on which the interim billing is based begins when the improvements are completed or, in the case of new construction, the certificate of occupancy date, and is calculated based on the district’s fiscal year which begins July 1 and ends June 30.

For example, $20,000 increase assessed value effective January 1: $20,000 / $1,000 * 6/12 = $10 per mill

2024 Chester County Interim Tax Bill: $10 per mill x 32.61 millage rate = $326.10

2024 Delaware County Interim Tax Bill: $10 per mill x 18.57 millage rate = $185.70

No, failure to receive a tax bill does not entitle you to a discount or remission of penalty on taxes.

Either the assessed value increased multiple times or, if an improvement was effective before July 1 and after annual tax bills were mailed, you would receive an interim tax bill for the previous tax year and the current tax year.