Treasurer
What's New?
2013 DOG LICENSES ARE NOW ON SALE!
If you are purchasing or renewing your yearly dog license for 2013, we are currently processing these requests. You may send in your renewal postcard or application to the Treasurer's Office, buy your tag online, or visit any of our Outside Agents who have picked up their supplies.
Mission
Contact
Ann Duke
Treasurer
313 West Market St. Suite 3202
P.O. Box 2748
West Chester,
PA
19382
Ph: (610) 344-6370
Fx: (610) 344-6359
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Office of the Treasurer serves primarily to receive, record and deposit most County funds resulting from payment of taxes, payment due on the sale of various state and county licenses, funds collected in the performance of public services, other state-related revenues (as agent for the State of PA), and payment of judgments and fines.
Our mission is to provide collection, receipt, and deposit services for all funds due to and received by the County of Chester in a courteous, efficient, accurate, accountable and timely manner, and further to provide all other support services as required in a way that allows us to meet the combined needs of community, business and government while operating within the framework of the County's overall mission statement.
Other major functions (related to collection of tax payments) involve generating annual and interim real estate tax invoices, and the processing of resultant payments. Additional areas of responsibility include:
- Agent for the state regarding the issuance of licenses for hunting, fishing, pistol permits, and dog ownership
- Selling licenses for small games of chance
- Issuing certifications of tax payment
- Management of the county hotel tax program, including an annual audit of all businesses meeting the legal definition of "hotel"
- Providing an internal-control function within the county's accounting function, by performing a reconciliation of various bank statements
- Filing liens for delinquent taxes
- Distribution of Chester County payroll and accounts payable checks
- Serving the public in all matters related to our mission and purpose
Revenues
Not all funds can be referred to purely as revenue for the county. For example, only 4% of collected hotel tax money is retained as revenue. Similarly, only a small portion of state license fees is retained as county revenue; the larger portion is state revenue. Another source of revenue is the sale of tax payment certifications to those engaged in the business of providing this information to the public.
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