Important Message from Your Tax Receiver: POSTMARKS

Important Message from Your Tax Receiver:

Effective December 24, 2025, the United States Post Office (USPS) has made a change in the procedure that affects the timing of “machine” POSTMARKS. The change is that the machine postmarks will reflect the date mail is first processed at a regional facility, NOT when dropped in a local mailbox.

This change in procedure has the impact of potentially causing delays for time-sensitive mail, like tax payments and other bills/filings where postmarks are used to determine timely receipt. The potential delay can be a 1-3 day gap between mailing and the official postmark. The impact of this action by the USPS on time sensitive items is that it could lead to penalties mandated by law.

We STRONGLY recommend that you go into the post office, to the window and request that they hand stamp your envelope in your presence to avoid late payment fees.  Please call the Tax Receiver's Office (914-764-3978) if you have any questions.