Cumberland Fire District 2024 Taxes
- 1st Quarter Grace period will be extended to July 31st, 2024 by postmark.
- Payment drop-box located at rear of fire station at all times – Check or Money order only
Fire District Tax Information
All bills issued in June are for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the same calendar year through June 30 of the following year.
Checks that are made payable to former fire districts, the Town of Cumberland, or any entity other than Cumberland Fire District WILL BE RETURNED to the tax payer.
Visit tax.vgsi.com/etax to make a payment, view or print an account history, or see up-to-date balance detail.
Cumberland Fire District reserves the right to send delinquent fire tax accounts to sale at public auction or other collections option after delinquency of no less than six months.
If any installment of taxes is not paid by the last date of the respective unpaid balance period or periods as they occur, your whole tax, or remaining unpaid balance of taxes, shall immediately become due and payable AND will carry, until collected in full, delinquent penalty at the rate of fourteen percent (14%) per annum (12% on years prior to 2018). Each installment (quarterly payment as scheduled) paid on or before the last day of each installment period shall be free of any charge of interest.
Fire District Headquarters
Office Hours & Contact
Mon-Fri 9:00 am- 3:00 pm
(401) 658-1921
Send general tax inquiries to: tax@cumberlandfire.org
Sending Payment
Payments can be mailed to:
Cumberland Fire District
Office of Tax Collection
PO Box 10
Manville, RI 02838
Tax Lien Certificates, Using Fedex/UPS & Other Business
Cumberland Fire District
Office of Tax Collection
3502 Mendon Rd
Cumberland, RI 02864
Patrick Baranski, Tax Collection Supervisor
pbaranski@cumberlandfire.org
- 2024 Tax Rate: RP $1.672 | Tng $1.614 (assessed as of 12/31/23)
- 2023 Tax Rate: $1.614 (assessed as of 12/31/22)
- 2022 Tax Rate: $2.015 (assessed as of 12/31/21)
Documents:
Email addresses provided will stay on file until removed or replaced by written request. Office of Tax Collection will never provide personal information to any party. By providing your email you are authorizing our office to use that method of contact for tax related correspondence.
How to pay Fire District Taxes:
The Cumberland Fire District does not condone or affiliate with bill payment services such as Doxo or Melio. Taxpayers use these services at their own discretion and may be subject to payment or subscription fees not related to fire taxes. Communications from third party sites related to potentially due bills will not contain specific due amounts and may not be accurate to bill balances.
Contact Tax Office or check on-line for information regarding balances.
- Cash, check, money order, credit card (Visa and MasterCard) payments are accepted.
- Checks must be made payable to Cumberland Fire District
- A drive-up drop box is located at our office entrance, at the rear of the fire station, for payment by check or money order at any time.
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- Headquarters address: 3502 Mendon Rd.
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- Payment by credit card accepted on-line at www.RIeGov.com. Sign in with account number or search by name or address. Tax payers will be required to provide their full account number for log in. Credit card payments will NOT be accepted over the phone.
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- Service provider Govolution (Velocity Payment) charges a 3% fee on all Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or AMEX payments.
- Contact the Office if you have questions regarding your balance before you make a payment.
- Current account status can be seen on-line under Transaction History at the top of the account page.
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