Filing deadline approaches for business, aircraft, and vessel owners

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Assessor/ Recorder/ County Clerk, Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., wants to remind all business, aircraft, and vessel owners that the deadline to file their property statement without a penalty is May 7. All filings received and/or postmarked after May 7, 2014 will be subject to a 10 percent late filing penalty.

In January, approximately 84,000 statements and notices were mailed out to business, aircraft, and vessel owners. This included over 57,000 business accounts that were deemed eligible to file electronically. Ernie Dronenburg strongly encourages eligible business owners to e-file their statements online by May 7. The online e-file process is easy to access, easy to use and generally takes only a few minutes to complete.

Ownership and taxability of all personal property is determined each year as of Jan. 1. Any taxpayer receiving a statement or notice who was not the owner as of Jan. 1, 2014 should return the statement or notice with all closing information as soon as possible. This information will be used to update the assessor’s records and future assessment notices.

For further information, visit http://www.sdarcc.com or call (858) 505-6100.