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Ramsey County: Error led to $3.5 million in accidental property tax payments

October 18, 2023 / 11:47 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Ramsey County investigating $3.5M property tax payment error

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Taxpayers in Ramsey County may want to double-check their bank accounts.

The county announced Wednesday that an issue with CORE, its electronic payment vendor, led to a total of 678 residents and businesses being charged twice for property tax payments made between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2.

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The county says the erroneous second payments were taken out on Oct. 13 — amounting to a total of $3.75 million.

Refunds should be issued within a couple business days, and the county says it's working with CORE to figure out what went wrong.

Impacted residents and businesses can call 651-266-8500 for more information.

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